This is nonsense. The anti vaxxers place far more trust on someone who is known to have falsified data, and committed egregious malpractice.
The anti vaxxers lack of trust in the media has almost nothing to do with what the media may or may not have done to lose trust.
The actual difference is that one side does not have a good explanation for what causes autism, and as a result admits that they don’t have the answers yet, while the other does not have a good explanation as well, but makes up stuff and boasts that they actually do know the answer.
For vulnerable parents who are just looking for some answer, the second side is extremely attractive.
Everything else about lack of trust, and corporate influence, etc is all secondary, and are after the fact justifications.
You dont need that falsified data to come to the conclusion vaccinations in the US are a problem. Remove it from the picture.
Compare the US vaccination schedule to any other develop country. Compare our infant mortality rate.
Aside from the differences in the vaccination schedules what is the US doing different from other developed nations. Keeping in mind infants do little but eat food, sleep and see a doctor.
So it's food or healthcare causing the difference. With WIC and the fact poor people qualify for free medical care it's arguable economics dont play much into this.
We're worse at prenatal care. And post-natal care. And there's some serious income inequality problems "poor people qualify for free medical care" doesn't actually obviate things as much as you think it does.
The anti vaxxers lack of trust in the media has almost nothing to do with what the media may or may not have done to lose trust.
The actual difference is that one side does not have a good explanation for what causes autism, and as a result admits that they don’t have the answers yet, while the other does not have a good explanation as well, but makes up stuff and boasts that they actually do know the answer.
For vulnerable parents who are just looking for some answer, the second side is extremely attractive.
Everything else about lack of trust, and corporate influence, etc is all secondary, and are after the fact justifications.