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California seems like a state of contradictions. Antivaccine yet some of the best universities. Too much regulation yet opiod overdose is prevalent.

firethief 9y ago
You could say it's like California has multiple personalities
dragonwriter 9y ago
> California seems like a state of contradictions. Antivaccine yet some of the best universities The antivaccine movement is a very small proportion of the population, and one which (unlike the universities) is opposed by the people setting policy (California has a reasonably strong vaccine mandate, and is in the process of further narrowing the allowable exemptions.) > Too much regulation yet opiod overdose is prevalent. California has the third lowest opioid overdose death rate in the nation [0]; insofar as California actually has “too much regulation” and that is a thing that could reasonably be expected to be contradictory to a relatively high opioid impact (both of which premises are less than clearly established), no such contradiction is evident. But, aside from the relevance of that claimed contradiction, sure, California is a large and diverse state, not a uniform hive mind. It has plenty of contradictions. It would be weird if it didn't. [0] https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-death-rates/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B"colId":"Opioid%20Overdose%20Death%20Rate%20(Age-Adjusted)","sort":"asc"%7D https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-de...
- fipple 9y ago
  > The antivaccine movement is a very small proportion of the population Not really. Less than 50% of Pixar employees' children at their day care are vaccinated. And these are people with much more money, and thus more political clout, than average. https://www.wired.com/2015/02/tech-companies-and-vaccines/ https://www.wired.com/2015/02/tech-companies-and-vaccines/

firethief 9y ago

You could say it's like California has multiple personalities

dragonwriter 9y ago

> California seems like a state of contradictions. Antivaccine yet some of the best universities The antivaccine movement is a very small proportion of the population, and one which (unlike the universities) is opposed by the people setting policy (California has a reasonably strong vaccine mandate, and is in the process of further narrowing the allowable exemptions.) > Too much regulation yet opiod overdose is prevalent. California has the third lowest opioid overdose death rate in the nation [0]; insofar as California actually has “too much regulation” and that is a thing that could reasonably be expected to be contradictory to a relatively high opioid impact (both of which premises are less than clearly established), no such contradiction is evident. But, aside from the relevance of that claimed contradiction, sure, California is a large and diverse state, not a uniform hive mind. It has plenty of contradictions. It would be weird if it didn't. [0] https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-death-rates/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B"colId":"Opioid%20Overdose%20Death%20Rate%20(Age-Adjusted)","sort":"asc"%7D https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-de...

fipple 9y ago
> The antivaccine movement is a very small proportion of the population Not really. Less than 50% of Pixar employees' children at their day care are vaccinated. And these are people with much more money, and thus more political clout, than average. https://www.wired.com/2015/02/tech-companies-and-vaccines/ https://www.wired.com/2015/02/tech-companies-and-vaccines/