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> I assumed that translated to the popular in about the same way as the US Not quite sure what your suggesting here - I’m having some trouble following your l
by djrogers 5y ago
> I assumed that translated to the popular in about the same way as the US
Not quite sure what your suggesting here - I’m having some trouble following your logic.
You seem to be implying that the US vaccination rate problems are because Trump was anti-vax, but that’s not remotely accurate. In fact, during the last presidential campaign it was the opposition who were skeptical of a ‘trump vaccine’.
Trump also got the shot, and encouraged people to get it too - he saw the vaccines as part of his presidential legacy.
- raphlinus 5y agoLet's go to the data, as clearly perceptions can be skewed. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247642 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Relevant quote from the abstract: "Our data demonstrate that Donald Trump, before his profile was suspended, was the main driver of vaccine misinformation on Twitter."
- jfengel 5y agoThat's the weird part. He could be so much more successful at making vaccines his legacy. Make a PSA for Fox News: "Joe Biden is trying to steal vaccine for blue states. Demand my vaccine!" The vaccination rate in the US would double over night. Instead, he spent so much time insisting that the virus was a hoax, or unimportant, that most people (including his supporters) think of him as anti-vaccine. There's an incredibly straight line between electoral support for him and vaccination rates: https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/ https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covi... He really could have been the hero he imagines that he is. It would be so easy.