[netsharc]

I suppose for a lot of the population, this bit of "science" (what CO2 is and what effects it has) is as comprehensible as how vaccines or mRNA work, and if they trust the snake oil salespeople like they trust proper scientists they can be very misled.

But hey, surely the wealthiest country in the world properly funds K-12 schools, right?

[lttlrck]

It's not a given that anti-vax belief correlates with lowered educational standards. I would imagine it's far more complex.

Neither issue is isolated to the US.

[lttlrck]

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2106441

Not straightforward.