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Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a well-know fallacy, even if Krakauer was correct about the timing of the change. "Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired" -- Jonathon Swift

No moral judgment was intended in my calling his take naive, nor do the actual differences subtract from my point.

Since most people are not rational, presentation of the truth matters if you want to encourage certain behaviors, like vaccination.

The truth presented in a naive way. In the US, covid is still the third leading cause of death. It is deadlier than measles.

This take is naive. To the general population and the anti-vax community, one vaccine is very much like another.

Stupid saying. Democrats always back genocides committed by Israelis, regardless of who is President. Inept back-peddling and context-switching. I mentioned the general election, you point a primary and say Democrats are protesting something you claim they keep quiet about. Typical Mongoose.

Back atcha. You won't win in the general election unless you support Israel.

The level of understanding displayed is best exemplified by: The majority of Senate Democrats supported the joint resolution. We understand that both the Democrats and Republicans are war-mongers and force-projectors. The "cult" label applies to those who think repeating the obvious is...

Destroy what, specifically?

Again, what is there to fight against? Even assuming the questionable accuracy of that summation, how do you fight rubble?

What about post-modernism can be fought against? How do you fight against reinterpretations of events?

Quite a fantastical definition.

If I could, I would not have asked.

I'm pretty sure it originally meant "aware".

The difference being? For example?

https://www.afpafitness.com/blog/you-are-what-you-eat-netflix-review/

Thank you for acknowledging your error.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comparison According to the dictionary (and my high school English classes), that's exactly what they are.

It means ~32 people would be vulnerable to measles. If vaccination were universal, I would expect to see 0 kids contract measles. True, but anti-vax parents will shop around for an anti-vax physician that will grant permanent medical exemptions.

At least he admitted he was wrong.