tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post4221509349473536096..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Weekend Reading: The Focus on the Writing Worth Reading EditionCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-10682033711363482742015-03-24T14:36:00.357-07:002015-03-24T14:36:00.357-07:00On "healthy weight," I think part (okay,...On "healthy weight," I think part (okay, one tiny part) of the problem is that our view of what the ideal version could be is way too narrow. Have you seen these graphics of Olympic athletes? So much variation! http://www.boredpanda.com/athlete-body-types-comparison-howard-schatz/<br /><br />And, I mean, obviously you don't have to be Olympic level to be healthy, so healthy weight should encompass even more variety. Much more.Marcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03334283552080882052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-71414862176163770102015-02-09T07:10:56.038-08:002015-02-09T07:10:56.038-08:00I had some very limited luck with wavering people ...I had some very limited luck with wavering people back in the days when I was active on parenting blogs. I put it down to the fact that they knew me and my parenting style and saw me as one of their "tribe" so to speak, so were willing to listen to me on vaccines. It only worked if I talked about it from a point of view of having done research, though. Appeals to authorities like the CDC were useless. It is an interesting phenomenon. I may write a full post about it at some point.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-4377479856990337022015-02-08T23:23:52.437-08:002015-02-08T23:23:52.437-08:00It just occurs to me, re: N&M's solution f...It just occurs to me, re: N&M's solution for the swayable antivaxxers, is perhaps given an out where they don't have to openly admit they're wrong (& ahem, ignorant/ idiots) about the vaccines then they may go so far as to get them even if the means are transparently silly. Just so long as they don't have to grow up and admit being wrong. I've known people like that, though not in a long while, so had forgotten that angle. Revanchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293868300535734672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-26382992434071008372015-02-02T08:05:22.341-08:002015-02-02T08:05:22.341-08:00Re: your twitter conv. with Anil Dash on what make...Re: your twitter conv. with Anil Dash on what makes vaccine deniers change their minds... Definitely that small core that pretends to be anti-vax experts is never going to change their mind because if they do, their identity as experts will disappear.<br /><br />BUT, for the easily-led undecided folks, one thing I've seen work on mommy forums that is the most bizarre thing...<br /><br />Say you've got women who don't vaccinate their children because they've heard there's mercury in the MMR vaccine. What works is to tell them to be sure to ask their doctor for the "Thermisol-free vaccine." What doesn't work is to tell them that MMR has never had thermisol in it in the US. What especially doesn't work is to say that vaccines with thermisol have so little mercury it doesn't matter. What does work is to say that NOW there's a version that doesn't have thermisol in it that they can request specifically from their doctor. (Ditto formaldehyde and all the other "toxins" that were never and have never been in the MMR vaccine in the US.) <br /><br />I really do not understand human psychology.<br /><br />Also, another thing that works for this group of women en masse is when Oprah makes a big deal out of something. She's got a lot of people's trust. https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/vaccines-and-jenny-mccarthy-the-oprah-mea-culpa-interview-doctors-want-to-see/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com