The result “blows the lid off of this idea” that such beliefs are held by only a fringe population of individuals who are uninformed or ideologically driven, says David Bersoff, head of research at the Edelman Trust Institute. “This is not like a small problematic group.”

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[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately, anyone younger than you who won't have met the grandparents will only be getting that info secondhand.. and this is the point where generational amnesia takes over and people poo-pooh the warnings..

My grandparents were children when the Great Depression hit and they saw tons of people not make it from sickness.

My gran lost many childhood friends.

I have to say, my great grandparents were very on-point with cleanliness and managing illnesses at home. No one on my entire family of that generation succumbed to the Spanish Flu that hit in the late teens to early 20's.

Listen to the doctors, they see the consequences of those who do not. Yikes!