Iron Lung Polio Antivaxxers

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本週的批判性思考，要帶大家來看這位住在鐵肺中的男子！
Anti-vaxxers may sometimes justifiably be labelled as “idiots”, “the worst type of conspiracy theorists” and some of “the most selfish people on earth”, but often they are just ignorant, and as a result, also scared. In what perhaps could be considered somewhat of a silver lining to the cloud of death and destruction that COVID-19 has brought to our world, the horrendous symptoms and high death tolls could be a factor convincing anti-vaxxers to wake up to the harm they cause to the collective health of society through their inconsiderate behaviour. If they need a bit more prompting, it might be worth pointing them in the direction of articles like the one linked to below.

Most people alive today have no memory or experience of the much more horrible epidemics and pandemics that plagued humans in the 20th century and before. Polio is one of these absolutely horrific afflictions that we have thankfully managed to mostly rid our world of, solely by the use of vaccines. There is probably no more convincing testimonial to the benefits of and necessity for vaccines and widespread immunisation than this poor man’s story. This is because it is both inspiring because of his determination and unexpected longevity, but also absolutely devastating because of the countless other children and others that did not survive, or lived only to be tortured by deformities such as hunchbacks and other debilitating disabilities.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/26/last-iron-lung-paul-alexander-polio-coronavirus
 
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💡這個專欄目的是訓練同學聰明閱讀。
 
上面的貼文內容是我們的實力派外師Alex，針對每週一篇英文文章閱讀後，親自寫出的批判性思考文（不是copy & paste的東西啊）。旨在讓同學知道如何用不同的角度來讀文章。你可以選擇先讀Alex寫的批判文，也可以選擇先讀本次的英文文章連結，但最好兩處都要閱讀才能達到最好的效果。
 
這是個訓練批判性思考的好機會，希望同學不要被文字牽著鼻子走，在閱讀時可以多思考。大家可以善用這個寶貴的資源～
 
舊文連結：
https://www.leedsmayi.com/alex-column
 
Alex是我們的御用老師，每週都會幫梅姨、托托、慕華、金金上英文課。目前星期一晚上有開一班 #里茲螞蟻外師應用英文課程 ，程度高級，充滿知識性與深度。有開放單次付費上課。若你想學習用英文來深度探討各項主題，check it out！
 
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