While I have watched the news during the pandemic, they're opinions have at time been informative and at other times downright amusing, like the idea that love bombing or spreading the word about the safety of vaccinations to anti-vaxxers will work in any way. These two approaches continue to fail miserably, yet according to the news, anti-vaxxers are either incredibly uninformed or incredibly selfish or they are true heroes fighting for freedom. None of these are correct. So, I have for you the comprehensive study of twenty four nations that was conducted by the American Psychological Association done on the reasons for anti-vaxx attitudes. Turns out anti vaxxers are not uninformed at all. They know more about vaccines than the average person, yet they still reject vaccines. This happens because of phenomenon known as the boomerang effect, where vital, true information actually reinforces a person's already incorrect opinion. This is only one of the interesting facts about anti-vaxxers you will learn in this episode about how correct information sometimes encourages misinformation.