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Public sentiment on the importance of safe, lifesaving childhood vaccines has significantly declined in the US since the pandemic—which appears to be solely due to a nosedive in support from people who are Republican or those who lean Republican, according to new polling data from Gallup.
In 2019, 52 percent of Republican-aligned Americans said it was “extremely important” for parents to get their children vaccinated. Now, that figure is 26 percent, falling by half in just five years. In comparison, 63 percent of Democrats and Democratic leaners said it was “extremely important” this year, down slightly from 67 percent in 2019.
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Wait until tetanus starts being a real issue again. It’s actually pretty scary shit. In advanced stages it can make your muscles contract and spasm so hard your bones can fracture.
At least tetanus isn’t really person-to-person transmissible
That’s true, but I figure it’s common enough and an entirely preventable illness.
It’s one of those examples of the vaccine working so well that the population completely forgot how bad it can be and that it’s a very slow and terrible way to die.Yeah, my only point was more that at least the antivaxxers will only be hurting themselves and (unfortunately) their children, not risking other people like with covid
In comparison, 63 percent of Democrats and Democratic leaners said it was “extremely important” this year, down slightly from 67 percent in 2019.
Well, that’s disappointing. As someone who has spend many years in Europe, it’s no wonder the rest of the developed world sees the US as dumb as a bag of rocks. It’s just an unreal circus looking from the outside.
We’ve seen a bonanza of quack medicine in the US over the last few decades. Homeopathy, chiropractory, ivermectin, gay conversion therapy, MyPillow, sci-fi style medbeds… All this shit getting pushed hard by con-artists who suffer little to no pushback and reap enormous financial returns from a gullible audience. And that sets off a vicious cycle of more nefarious advertisements, more hoaxes, more political enablement, and more people lured to their deaths for the profit of others.
Americans aren’t simply stupid by their nature. They’re deliberately and systematically misinformed over entire lifetimes by a well-financed propaganda machine.
The anti-vaccine movement is easily the biggest tragedy of our time. The consequences have not yet hit in earnest.
Everyone likes to wag the finger when we call these people morons. What else are we supposed to call them?
They are dumbasses. Weird, dumbasses.
Recently at a doctors visit, this came up. We were discussing the use of AI to design vaccines. Doctor said that it didn’t make any difference because people like his staff nurses wouldn’t take a vaccine in any case. I was shocked. So, he opened the door and asked his nurses. Sure enough, not one nof them would take a new vaccine. I still can’t believe it.
Well, to be fair, recently released vaccines are fairly untested, but it’s mostly fine, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
I suppose this falsehood started with the Covid 19 Vaccine. In early January 2020, labs received the first comprised model of the Covid virus. Due to the current level of science, and smart people, the vaccine was finished in six days. The rest of the year was taken in testing for FDA approval until it was made publicly available in December of 2020. It was well tested.
Well yes, but there was some complications with Jansen and AstraZeneca vaccines: Wikipedia:Jansen(Adverse effects) and Wikipedia: Embolic and thrombotic events after COVID 19 vaccination
There are known complications with flu shots too. In the end you have to answer the question for yourself. Are you going to chance complications and get a polio shot. Or are you going to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of your life? I think you’ll find that the FDA judged these to be minimal probabilities.
I am vaccinated against the coronavirus, but for flu, it’s just too much work.
Flu is just a pain in the ass. Until you get older.
My mother has worked in healthcare most of her life and it’s always blown my mind how many people she’s worked with are anti-vax.
It helps to think of healthcare as just another business in the US.
It’s become such a huge industry. People aren’t necessarily there because they believe in the science, but because of all the typical mundane reasons to get any job - stability, income, prestige or appearance of status.
But yes, it’s crazy.
Lockdown taught me that most nurses receive an inadequate education. There were big antivax nursing groups 3 years ago.
follow guidance on COVID-19 provided by medical authorities
My, what a gentle way to retell events. It was just guidance. That’s all. Just guidance.
Unrelated story: I know somebody who went to a private christian school. He tells me that he probably would have remained fairly neutral on religion …if not for the experience of having Jesus rammed into his cranium on a daily basis. He is now a rather staunch athiest. A few of his classmates have a similar experience. It’s as though forcing shit onto people can lead to them closing off from whatever it is that you’re trying to force onto them. Totally unrelated to what I said above though. Don’t overthink it.
So you’re basically saying you’re an anti-vaxxer and you think taking vaccines is a religion?
Not really, and not really. But my views have shifted in ways I never would have expected over the last four years.
If lemmy sees this and wants to use me as a punching bag, I’d understand.
I’ve considered many times initiating the topic, but each time I just don’t envision the conversation being productive.
We know what “guidance” meant here to non-anti-vaxxers. So yeah, taking the opportunity to turn it into a weird cryptic statement will get you this kind of reaction.
31% of Republicans so stupid their genes should be prevented from being passed down
Yeah, nothing could go wrong with a little eugenics…
Eugenics is when one group of people dictates the reproduction of another group of people.
Natural selection is when one group of people fails to survive due to inferior decision making, while better decision makers carry on their germlines.
Refusing vaccinations based on conspiracy theories, and dying of disease because of it is 100% natural selection.
Except the comment I replied to says
Their genes should be prevented from being passed down
One group (the commenter I’m replying to) dictating the reproduction (‘should be prevented’) of another group (dumb republicans).
Fortunately, this is a self sorting problem, it’s not eugenics when it’s natural selection.
No worries, they contradicted you so they must be a sHiTlIb
but they affect people who can’t get a vaccine for legitimate medical reasons.
Yeah, no one said natural selection is kind and fair.
If you want to talk forced vaccination I’m personally okay with it but that’s the reality of the situation, it won’t be solved otherwise.
Lets see here…
Rabies => nearly 100% death rate, and it’s only pretty recently it’s not 100% with modern non vaccine treatments.
Rabies Vaccine => 100% effective at preventing death.
Every time I see some of my relatives, I make sure I bring up “oh, by the way shouldn’t I be dead now? You made a pretty big fuss about how everyone who was vaccinated wilouod be dead within a year”
It’s always met with eye rolls and silence.
Ha ha! Love this!
I sincerely hope that 31% of Republicans contract Polio. Then maybe they’ll shut the fuck up
Ahh, yes, if only the iron lung encapsulated the head of ® to shut them up.
If we had a way to quarantine them all together so they can’t infect their unvaccinated kids, or anyone else who didn’t ask to participate in their bullshit, I’d be fully on board. Unfortunately, we saw what those dipshits did with COVID.
Yes, a sore arm and a mild fever are clearly worse than a life spent in an iron lung due to polio.
They are also probably the same wankers who waste Blood banks time telling them they should set up “pure blood” donations or whatever.
Because I’m sure in an emergency, hospital staff have time to dick around and appease grown toddlers.
Oh, sorry. Not 31%. That’s actually their IQ.
31% of Republicans also say, “Hunter Biden made the moon trans and now we should nuke the sun as a threat to the moon!”
Fucking.weirdos.
At least they aren’t out burning witches.
Yet
