The Science of Anti-Vaccination

The video explores the complex relationship between autism and vaccinations, highlighting the rise in autism diagnoses due to improved reporting and potential environmental factors. It delves into cognitive biases, such as negativity and confirmation bias, that influence perceptions of autism's causes. The video discusses how explanatory attribution leads some to blame vaccines, despite scientific evidence to the contrary. It also examines omission bias and risk perception, which affect vaccination decisions, and naturalness bias, contributing to vaccine hesitancy. The video emphasizes understanding these biases to address the decline in vaccination rates.

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