I have direct experience of this. Until last year's election, my state senator and representative, both @MIGOP, were antivax. They both regularly sponsored legislation to make measles great again in Michigan. 4/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/make-measles-great-again-a-case-study-of-the-politicization-of-school-vaccine-requirements-in-michigan …
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It's why I was very happy that
@pjcolbeck was term-limited and@SenPolehanki won the election to become my state senator. 15/Show this thread -
Similarly, I was overjoyed that
@MattforMichigan soundly defeated incumbent@Vote_Jeff_Noble and became my state representative. 16/Show this thread -
Meanwhile, I hope that
@GOP someday stops providing a political home for antivaxers. @SGottliebFDA, for example, is very pro-vax, but that's not enough. 17/Show this thread -
And, in fairness, antivaxers are still a minority in
@GOP, but their numbers and influence appear to be growing, thanks to the skill with which antivaxers have conflated freedom, deregulation, and parental rights with their pseudoscience. 18/Show this thread -
If pro-vax conservatives don't push back against the rising tide of antivax pseudoscience in their party, the
@GOP will truly become the antivax party. 19/19Show this thread -
And...as if on cue... 19a/19https://twitter.com/siubhan_h/status/1101925769230446593 …
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