PhDs reluctant to get vaccinated

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  1. kazenatsu

    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Isn't this interesting?

    The report showed a surprising U-shaped correlation between willingness to get a Covid vaccine and education level - with the highest hesitancy among those least and most educated.

    The PhDs were even a little less likely than the least educated to get the vaccine.

    Americans with PhDs are most reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID, Daily Mail
     
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    Having a Doctorate certainly is an indicator of someone being well educated. That has nothing to do with how smart they are.
     
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    Kranes56 Banned

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    PhDs are a wide category. Please be more specific. My guess is the engineers are the problem. But I say so because I think Engineers are buttheads and deserve more shame than I get. (Also I am slightly intoxicated and I will be drinking more as the night goes on to handle my crippling pain and mental anguish whom I'm choosing to say is caused by engineers).
     
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    I bet those PHDs are in naturopathy and homeopathy
     
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    Not that surprising really. People who spend a lot of time in offices and little teams probably feel a certain sense of safety in their small bubbles.
     
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    We do but I am very disappointed in them for thinking in a small bubble. "Get vaccinated, cuz your students need you to be vaccinated as an example to them", that kind of mentality.
     

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