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Why Debunking Myths About Vaccines Hasn’t Convinced Dubious Parents

Harvard Business Review

Finally, he was stripped of his license to practice medicine. We consistently underestimate the power of narrative. In the 1940s, Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider created what has become a legendary piece of research that reveals the need for people to craft narratives. Yet today, surveys show that as many as a third of U.S.

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