A Healthy View of Fact Can Make You Healthier
We’ve had a lot of inquiries recentlyfrom folks asking why people believe falsehoods about their health and how to protect it, when actual facts are staring them squarely in the face. We think that’s important because it has such a profound effect on individual lives, on overall public health and on the economic well-being of people and the nation.
First, let’s look at two common misconceptions that an alarming number of folks seem to accept or advocate:
1) Vaccinations are hugely dangerous;
2) There is no such thing as climate change (whether man-made or natural or both) and it has no health repercussions.