If you ever doubted who antivaxxers are, this was shared by groups in Michigan and Tennessee.pic.twitter.com/YHm5NfXnh9
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If you ever doubted who antivaxxers are, this was shared by groups in Michigan and Tennessee.pic.twitter.com/YHm5NfXnh9
Hmmm. Historically anti-vax beliefs haven't correlated with other political beliefs, but that meme is pretty clear.
Antivax beliefs exist at roughly the same prevalence on the left and the right. However, right now in 2019, the loudest and most politically active antivax voices are nearly all on the right.
RFK Jr, Jill Stein, Rob Schneider, and Marianne Williamson are the only left wing antivaxers I can think of off the top of my head, and Stein and Williamson labor mightily to hide that they are antivax.
Which leads me to another difference. Democratic politicians who lean antivax strain desperately to hide it because it hurts them. In contrast, @GOP politicians feel obligated to pander to antivaxers, because freedom, I guess.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/10/25/the-republican-party-has-become-the-antivaccine-party/ …
Last year, in my Congressional district, one of the candidates for the @MIGOP nomination even held an antivax event at the local Republican headquarters. My state senator and representative attended, the former because he was running for governor.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/03/jeff-noble-kerry-bentivolio-host-antivax/ …
The most telling quote came from my state rep: Republicans on the Health Policy Committee are the only ones receptive to vaccine choice initiatives, while the Democrats won’t even consider them and want to “shove vaccines down your throat (or arm)."
Fortunately my state senator and representative are no longer my state senator and representative, the former because of term limits and the latter because he lost the election, and my state senator didn't even come close to winning the @MIGOP gubernatorial nomination.
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