One thing I don't quite understand is how vaccines have become such a left-right political issue. Is this because of the COVID vaccine mandate? But that was sta

One thing I don't quite understand is how vaccines have become such a left-right political issue. Is this because of the COVID vaccine mandate? But that was started under Trump and continued under Biden, so really both parties were involved in that. What did I miss? I also find it odd that in their reporting the media lumps all vaccines together, as either "safe" or "unsafe". I would trust a vaccine that's been around for decades giving us time to evaluate any long term effects, such as MMR for example, over a newly created one, about which we can only speculate as to the long-term effects.