This sounds like a good way to disregard all stated reasons all the time. I can only see it being a valuable heuristic if you first have some other reason to believe the true motive.
I agree, but I presented evidence to the contrary. Wikipedia said that 10% of adults have needle phobia, and added “it is likely that the actual number is larger”. Even if not strictly the main reason why people avoid the vaccine, it seems probable that it plays some role.
If it were merely a matter of distrusting social institutions, we would need an explanation of why people seem to have no problem trusting those same social institutions in other circumstances, including other medicine that they’re prescribed. Almost every single time a new vaccine is introduced on the market, there are a lot of people who oppose it. Therefore this phenomenon seems unlikely to merely be the result of a perception of rushed vaccine trials or something similar.
I agree, but I presented evidence to the contrary. Wikipedia said that 10% of adults have needle phobia, and added “it is likely that the actual number is larger”. Even if not strictly the main reason why people avoid the vaccine, it seems probable that it plays some role.
If it were merely a matter of distrusting social institutions, we would need an explanation of why people seem to have no problem trusting those same social institutions in other circumstances, including other medicine that they’re prescribed. Almost every single time a new vaccine is introduced on the market, there are a lot of people who oppose it. Therefore this phenomenon seems unlikely to merely be the result of a perception of rushed vaccine trials or something similar.