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37. Can Fear Be Good Medicine?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Do You Have a Higher Risk of Sexual Activity Than Vaccinated Children?

There was a fear that if children were protected against hp v, they might feel emboldened to engage in higher risk sexual activity. But despite its being debunked in multiple studies, that fear still persists. And something else that can drive and stoke fear is misinformation. If i tell you not to think about elephants, the first thing you're going to do is think about elephants. So even if we d bunk all of the conspiracy theories or misinformation's out there, those things have been put out by people who don't trust me. I could have the world's best study on any vaccine, but if that doesn't generate evidence, it's going to be hard to use that research to motivate

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