Anti vaxxers numerically illiterate

notice how ALL anti vaxxers stuff up any numerical assessment

well.....there's a reason for that


Poor numerical literacy linked to greater susceptibility to Covid-19 fake news

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.201199#d1e2628

"The most consistent predictor of decreased susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 is performance on the numeracy tasks."

"our findings are consistent with a large literature which finds that reflective and analytical thinking are consistently associated with reduced susceptibility to misinformation"