A recent poll in Norway has revealed that 60% of Norwegians will take another dose of the vaccine if recommended to do so by health experts. While this number may seem high, it's in fact indicative of waning trust in the advice of experts, because a full 80% of Norwegians had at least one dose by the end of 2022.
This means that 20% of all Norwegians were unwilling or unable to take the vaccine when it was first rolled out, but a full 40% are by now unwilling to go with such advice. These 40% are not only twice as many as the 20% we had a year ago, but they are also more resolute. They are not merely unwilling or unable to heed advice, they are determined not to take advice.
This is a big shift in sentiment, and yet another sign that 2022 was the end of the progressive era that started in 1913, because the progressive era was founded on the idea that society should be ruled by experts.
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