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Articles like this one accelerate the politicization of conspiracies like anti-vax, rather than help address the underlying problem. To attempt to make this a
by djrogers 6y ago
Articles like this one accelerate the politicization of conspiracies like anti-vax, rather than help address the underlying problem.
To attempt to make this a 'right wing extremist' problem, one has to ignore the fact that one of the historically least vaccinated counties in the US is also one of the most progressive (Marin CO in the Bay Area).
This is a 'nut jobs on Facebook' problem, not a right or left problem.
-- edited to clarify that I'm not referring specifically to the COVID vax
- jfengel 6y agoThis is a case where "nut jobs on Facebook" are being endorsed by prominent political figures from one party, and not the other. Every party has its nut jobs, but there's a real asymmetry here, where explicit anti-science attitudes are a political platform of just one side. Fighting "nut jobs on Facebook" is a good thing to do, though it's really hard. "Hard" becomes "impossible" when prominent political figures endorse it.