The anti-vaccine and "health freedom" movements frequently do not believe in public health. They literally don't think their choices affect other people. They think that is a totalitarian hoax. It impacts everything they do and the crowded protests you're seeing right now.
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That worldview is key to the language of "vaccine choice," which necessitates believing that whatever you do is "right for your family." And if you see the same talking points about "vaccine choice" on places like Facebook, that's for a reason:
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A big part of this movement is pretending as though there's no such thing as a medical exemption for vaccines, and that requiring any vaccines at all for public health is the first step to the FEMA camps. This is a press release from an anti-vax org from a decade ago
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And here's one of the biggest anti-vax boosters in America calling herd immunity a "myth," one made up to force adults and children alike to get vaccinated. This is what they believe, and they are going to act that way, including whenever a COVID-19 vaccine is available.
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As i was saying:
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I love that you put health freedom in quotes bc let's be honest the only freedom they care about is the freedom to spread disease
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