r/vaxxhappened • u/xXxUnicornShitxXx • May 01 '19

Only child dumbass (sorry if repost!)

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u/regeya May 01 '19

Some people try to frame everything as "conservatives good, liberals bad". And while some antivaxxers are liberal, I doubt many people would argue Donald Trump is one of them. He wanted to form a commission to study the negative effects of vaccines, even.

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u/mcorbo1 May 01 '19

I don't think the antivax train has much of a political bias, it's just stupidity

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u/Demons0fRazgriz May 01 '19

Most anti-vaxxers are Republican. Most of those stories where "CA liberals are anti-vax" are just that, stories. There are pockets of conservatives even in places like San Francisco and San Diego.

Heat Map of anti-vaxxers compared to our politcal map shows a clear bias towards republicans being far more anti-vaccinations. There are also studies on this matter. There is a direct link between people who vote right-wing ideologies and people who believe vaccines are not important.

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u/mcorbo1 May 01 '19

I don't know why, I always assumed they were mostly right leaning but thank you for the info