tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358633035110069050.post7958955671657121863..comments2023-12-27T23:00:43.438-05:00Comments on Monday Morning Crisis Quarterback: Toyotaphobia Sweeps the NationNaomi Zikmund-Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09503425475917614385noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358633035110069050.post-60015741683904727092010-02-04T14:11:17.074-05:002010-02-04T14:11:17.074-05:00One child died at the beginning of the pig flu pan...One child died at the beginning of the pig flu pandemic, and the hand sanitizer aisle at the drug store sold out. Six months later, when several thousand people had died, Americans got vaccinated at a rate of less than 30% of the population, with nearly equal numbers of people believing all sorts of urban legends that the vaccine was unsafe. Risk assessment is not a strong point in the populace at large, particularly with our woeful undereducation in basic probability theory and overexposure to media.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117424644209188123noreply@blogger.com