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France has the lowest levels of trust in vaccines globally, according to the world's biggest survey on public attitudes toward health and science, which was published on Wednesday.

A third (33 percent) of French people do not agree that immunization is safe, and it is also the only country where a majority (55 percent) believe science and technology will reduce the total number of jobs available, according to the poll of more than 140,000 people across 144 countries.

mrswdk wrote:A recent survey has found that French people loathe vaccinating their children against deadly diseases, and also reject 'science and technology' because they are worried that robots will steal all their jobs.

France has the lowest levels of trust in vaccines globally, according to the world's biggest survey on public attitudes toward health and science, which was published on Wednesday.

A third (33 percent) of French people do not agree that immunization is safe, and it is also the only country where a majority (55 percent) believe science and technology will reduce the total number of jobs available, according to the poll of more than 140,000 people across 144 countries.

France, famous for its strong anti-Muslimreligious policies, has proven once again just how successful the nation has been in embracing the age of Enlightenment. The clever atheist people of France have unanimously welcomed reason, rationality and science into their mud huts - then killed it with their BO and contagious measles.

betiko wrote:have you even read the entire article? no you haven't obviously.

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:I have a hard time believing they beat out Oregon or Washington in that regard, but then I've never been to France, as the saying goes.

The survey of people aged 15 and older was devised by Wellcome, a British medical charity, and conducted by Gallup World Poll between April and December 2018.

It found that people living in high-income countries have the lowest confidence in vaccines, a result that ties in to the rise of the anti-vaccination movement, in which people refuse to believe in the benefits of vaccinations or claim that the treatment is dangerous.

'People are less used to living with threats'
An estimated 169 million children missed out on the vital first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, according to a UN report issued in April.

In the US alone, the number of cases of the disease this year has exceeded a thousand, according to the latest official figures.

"I think we expected that general trend, because where we have seen that skepticism and concern about vaccines, that tends to be in more developed countries," Imran Khan, Wellcome's head of public engagement, who led the study, told AFP.

"But I think the extent of the difference is surprising and some of those numbers were really startling."

Globally, 79 percent of people agreed that vaccines are safe and 84 percent said they were effective.

On the other end of the spectrum from France, Bangladesh and Rwanda had the highest levels of confidence in vaccines, with almost 100 percent in both countries agreeing they were safe, effective and important for children to have.

mrswdk wrote:

betiko wrote:have you even read the entire article? no you haven't obviously.

Saying this without substantiating it is basically the grown up version of a kid going 'NO YOU ARE WRONG'. Unless betiko is going to cite information from the article that contradicts my OP - which he can't, because there isn't any - I'd suggest we just put our headphones in and wait till he tires himself out and falls asleep on the sofa.

Judging by his past performances and his age that will probably only take him 3 minutes, which is just enough time to listen to Burna Boy - On The Low in its entirety.

betiko wrote:So do I trust vaccines to be safe? no.

A man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs with a mind-controlled exoskeleton suit, French researchers report.

mrswdk wrote:

betiko wrote:So do I trust vaccines to be safe? no.

Case in point.

betiko wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

betiko wrote:So do I trust vaccines to be safe? no.

Case in point.

that's your problem.... "Not sure vaccines are safe" does not mean "anti-vax". Not being sure the Red Light district is safe in Amsterdam, doesn't mean you don't like it. I think you need to go back to the basics, middle school or something. It might be a great opportunity to understand the basics of logic 101

mrswdk wrote:

betiko wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

betiko wrote:So do I trust vaccines to be safe? no.

Case in point.

that's your problem.... "Not sure vaccines are safe" does not mean "anti-vax". Not being sure the Red Light district is safe in Amsterdam, doesn't mean you don't like it. I think you need to go back to the basics, middle school or something. It might be a great opportunity to understand the basics of logic 101

Are I see, you're one of those people who thinks vaccines are dangerous but also supports using them. Is there a name for that? Pro-autist?

betiko wrote:I think cars are dangerous, but I also support them.

mrswdk wrote:I don't think chlamydia is dangerous. It's like catching a cold - bang a pill and you're cured.

betiko wrote:I think cars are dangerous, but I also support them.

I have no idea what this sentence is supposed to mean. Can anyone help translate?

mrswdk wrote:I think choking on my food and dying would be dangerous, but that doesn't stop me eating.