It wasn't long before school vaccine mandates were starting to become politicized in a way they never were before. We saw this in Texas in a big way, with groups like @TXforVaxChoice aligning with right wing groups to oppose strengthening mandates. 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2017/02/22/in-the-age-of-donald-trump-vaccine-policy-is-becoming-politicized-with-potentially-deadly-consequences/ …
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Sure, there are left wing antivaxers; e.g.,
@marwilliamson,@RobertKennedyJr,@DrJillStein,@RobSchneider. However,@TheDemocrats treat them as fringe, as they should. Dems don't have to pander to antivaxers to win nominations to run for their party. 15/Show this thread -
Worse, the conflation of freedom and parental rights with antivax views has led enough in the
@GOP base to become receptive to antivax pseudoscience and conspiracy theories that they support antivaxers. 16/Show this thread -
All of this is why it should come as no surprise to
@madrid_mike or anyone else that@CAGOP opposed#SB276 and@SB714. 17/Show this thread -
I can’t help but take note of an off-the-cuff remark by Rep. Noble in the Q&A after the aforementioned antivax confab in my district last year in which he mentioned that the Republicans on the Health Policy Committee are the only ones receptive to vaccine choice initiatives. 18/
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Rep. Noble also complained that
@MichiganDems "won’t even consider" bills loosening vaccine mandates and want to “shove vaccines down your throat (or arm).” 19/Show this thread -
Again, the
@GOP has become sympathetic to antivaccine arguments and pseudoscience, thanks to the successful conflation of resistance to vaccine mandates with freedom and parental rights. 20/Show this thread -
It should therefore not surprise anyone wheat happened in the California legislature. 21/21
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What happened in the California legislature...
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