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    328 months ago

    I can’t remember the name but I think this is some kind of paradox.

    Like the preventative measures we’re so effective that they created a perception that there was no risk in the first place.

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      388 months ago

      It’s called the prevention paradox: It’s when an issue is so severe that it is prevented with proactive action, so no real consequenses are felt so people think it wasn’t severe in the first place.

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        388 months ago

        Case in point: Measles. It was a thing when I was a kid. Then it wasn’t. Now my kids have to deal with Measles because we can’t teach scientific literacy.