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What are the incentives or driving force behind anti-vaxxers? I am amazed why someone is putting money and efforts on anti-vaccination. Personally its hard to b
by jp42 7y ago
What are the incentives or driving force behind anti-vaxxers? I am amazed why someone is putting money and efforts on anti-vaccination. Personally its hard to believe it become a big thing without some sort incentives/driving force.
- munk-a 7y agoA lot of people have fallen into the FUD wholesale and are resolute believers so it might be mostly driven by momentum at this point - but somewhere under all of that is a slimy snake-oil salesman who is raking in the money for sugar water... traditional medicine and such never take off unless someone can make a buck.
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- rabidonrails 7y agoHere you go: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2019/10/15/fdc01078-c29c-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2019/10/15/fdc...
- sebasmurphy 7y agoI feel like Companies like Goop and other "natural" health companies profit from this stuff as a side-effect. Like who else could you market this type of crap to. https://shop.goop.com/shop/products/rose-quartz-bottle?taxon_id=1291&country=USA https://shop.goop.com/shop/products/rose-quartz-bottle?taxon...
- happytoexplain 7y agoIronically, I've seen a lot of people (including firsthand) who consider things like Goop to be "liberal" nonsense, yet consider vaccines dangerous because of the conspiracy/general-distrust-of-experts angles.
- munificent 7y agoAs the article states, these anti-vax pamphlets suggest parents buy the advertisers natural remedy products instead.