I had a tech coworker who thought Y2K wasn't really a thing. I started working in tech in the middle of '99 and was dealing with Y2K stuff right out the gate. He started in the industry in 2001, so missed it.
replySee also: vaccines
replyAnd yet measles is making a comeback in the US
replyExactly because vaccines were so successful that people don't remember what it was like without them. Once enough people start dying in large scale measles outbreaks people will start getting vaccinated again.
replyThis is also a statistical fallacy biased towards dismissing vaccine injured people.
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