RE: Are you entitled to your opinion?
Thanks for your reply! And thanks for the link you shared. Both my boys are fully vaccinated by the way, and I tried to be as informed as possible before going ahead with their immunisations. I am friends with people in both camps when it comes to this topic, so I get bombarded quite a lot on social media with “studies” supporting their camp’s beliefs. I’m inclined to believe that there are no studies to prove this link, but try telling that to the anti-vax camp, and you’ll get something like the pic below as a response! It can all get a bit intense, just like the whole gun control issue, and it seems that the more opinions with supporting studies and facts are shared, the more polarised the two camps become. Anyway...... can’t wait for your part 2! Thanks again :)
Right. And that's where the whole opinion of fact vs opinion of taste conflict becomes problematic. If you've got certain tastes/values, you're likely going to be drawn to certain factual claims or studies. More or less falls under the umbrella of confirmation bias.