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Christine T.'s avatar

This is an excellent post. Why does the government feel the need to manipulate the public through behavioural messaging? Is it to do with the Bigpharma lobbying to ensure their products are the ones getting the approval even though real scientific evidence shows they cause harm?

This causes many problems because those of us who are doing our research, see the evidence and want to get that out there for our friends, family, etc. are ignored and mocked.

This is evident with the campaign of fear (includes overstating the risks) regarding the measles outbreak that is basically finished here in Canada.

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Dmitry Gorodnichy, Ph.D.'s avatar

This is all about marketing now. The same techniques. Sadly, most of our unions people are not realizing it, but some do

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Christine T.'s avatar

I'm glad for those that do realize and point it out. We can be hopeful that more will realize in time.

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Andrew Blair's avatar

Thank you. This article is key to understanding how a liberal democratic society can veer into mass delusion.

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