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Check out famous 1963 Milgram experiment by Stanley Milgram, who wanted to understand why so many people in Nazi Germany were so devastatingly obedient (many of whom were doctors). He created an experiment where people, of all walks of life, would think they were shocking another person to the point of great pain if a person "of authority" urged them to continue to "help" the person being shocked. (No one actually was getting shocked, but the person being urged on thought they were.) 65% of the people in this experiment (those who responded to the ad were a wide variety of people) were this obedient to authority asking them to do something horrendous. 65%. Worldwide, what percentage got the shot? One dose: 72.3%; two doses: 67%, three doses (booster): 35.4%. In the US, the percentage that got two doses: 70%. (source: perplexity.ai) I think there is a correlation there. https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html

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