Summary Of Michael Specter's The Danger Of Science Denial

In Michael Specter “TED” talk “The Danger of Science Denial” I am not sure it is correct to say society has a problem with Science and progress. The problem is our society’s lack of trust in what is said by our government and news media? Or could it be our lack of trust in big money having ability to manipulate scientific findings for their financial benefit. With large amounts of news reports on social media, for example Facebook and twitter. Many of these news items appear so real. Who do you believe?

Michael Spector talks about a story he wrote about vaccines and was surprised how much opposition he received about one of the greatest most effective public health measure in human history. Since the inventions of these vaccines parents took their kids to the doctors for their vaccinations against diseases that in the past wreaked havoc on the population. Thanks to these vaccines many of these
His opposition resulted from an article that was published on social media that said there was a conspiracy that the CDC was covering up that researchers found a correlation between the MMR vaccine and Autism. The article was so believable that even though several countries did studies to test this theory to be false. The rates of children being vaccinated began to fall, there was a movement by what is called anti- vaxxers that continue to spread this misinformation. Many of these anti-vaxxers are everyday loving parents that want the best for their children but because of their lack of trust and belief in the establishment it is easier for them to believe in an undocumented article they read on social media. Hollywood’s elite have also suddenly become experts on the subject and feel it is there duty to educate the American people. Is the reason people would rather believe what is said on Facebook or on Oprah as the truth regardless of what is said by the scientific