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Katrine K. Donois, PhD Candidate in Science Communication, Anglia Ruskin University

Rejecting science has a long history – the pandemic showed what happens when you ignore this

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Fear engulfed everyone during the pandemic. Yet when a vaccine became available, it was met with fierce resistance. Anti-vaccination crowds formed, and some of these groups argued this vaccine was against their religious beliefs.

Many didn’t trust the scientists and their explanation for how they said the disease spread. A lot of people didn’t believe the vaccine worked as well as governments claimed, or they felt mandatory vaccinations violated their personal freedom.

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