If the opposition isn't antivax, why were antivax leader @delbigtree and a number of prominent antivax activists from NY and elsewhere around the country there on Thursday. Why will they be there today? No, the opposition is antivax af.https://twitter.com/BillSpadea/status/1206552705449316352 …
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So it seems "Parental rights" the new (well, not new, but now focused) "1st defense" activists use? Perhaps since their many vax-related arguments fall flat w/ sci & "anti-vax" has stigma, they're going w/ this appeal to virtue, even if it easily fails on ethical/legal grounds.
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It’s definitely not new, but it’s a message that antivaxxers found to be effective appealing to those of a conservative/libertarian bent during the debate over SB 277 in 2015.
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It’s a gateway message. Conservatives are susceptible to appeals to parental rights as a reason to oppose eliminating nonmedical exemptions to school vaccine mandates and then start listening to and being influenced by the antivax misinformation that goes along with that appeal.
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Some of the calls to action expressly tell them not to talk about vaccines risks but just about parental rights.
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True, but the antivax messages eventually find their way in as well.
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