Trump played to them even before he became president too!https://khn.org/morning-breakout/trump-once-blamed-vaccines-for-autism-but-now-in-face-of-coronavirus-outbreak-hes-changed-his-tune/ …
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Would be nice if those who spent the 90s lifting the anti-vax movement into prominence - namely Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey - got appropriate credit, because we damn sure wouldn't be where we are without their efforts
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Correction: 90s and 2000s
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But anti-vaxxers were a small fringe, were they not? I think it took messaging to make it almost the mainstream republican position.
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I believe Trump's anti-vaxxism was long-held and sincere. He needed an explanation for a family situation that cast doubt upon his belief in his Ubermensch genetic inheritance. Then anti-vaxxism became useful again as part of a deny-it-and-it-will-go-away COVID strategy in 2020
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We had proof of this before twitter deleted his account.
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And powered by fears of autism, which has impacted an ever-increasing number of families.
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i genuinely wonder how big the anti vaccine movement would have become without Jenny McCarthy
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