These days, it’s always @GOP. Although antivaccine beliefs are held by roughly the same percentages of people on the left and right, only one party has made pandering to antivaxxers a part of its strategy. It’s not surprising to see @WyomingGOP do this. It’s a GOP pattern. 1/https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1206914157649563648 …
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In turn, antivaxxers benefit because some of the Republicans who are persuaded by the conflation of opposition to school vaccine mandates with “freedom” will be susceptible to the hard core antivax belief system and conspiracy theories. 12/
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Thus, for some (but not all) “freedom loving” conservatives, opposing school vaccine mandates in the name of “parental rights” will be the first step down the road to becoming full fledged antivaxxers. 13/
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It’s unfortunately a mutually beneficial alliance. Antivaxxers grain recruits and increasing influence in a major party, while the now Trumpified
@GOP gains foot soldiers in its war against the “deep state,”@TheDemocrats, and the old guard conservatives. 14/14Show this thread
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