Basically, they share an arguably Ayn Randian belief that they are responsible for no one but themselves and their families and bear no responsibility or duty whatsoever to inconvenience even slightly themselves in the service of public health. 2/
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They also share an quasi-religious belief in their own health, depicting themselves that their own personal “health rectitude” (e.g., living a “healthy” lifestyle) protects them against infectious disease in a way that the rest of us are not protected. 3/
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To boil it down, both either reject or don’t care about the concepts that public health affects them significantly and that their actions impact public health. 4/
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This combination of beliefs explains why antivaxxers and
#COVID19 conspiracy theorists/deniers are so opposed to even benign public health interventions, such as mandates to wear masks and why antivaxxers are so opposed to school vaccine mandates. 5/5Show this thread
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That and an aggravated case of confirmationbiasitis! True condition
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Exactly!! Nicely worded
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