re: #158 Decatur Deb

The insanity he coddled is dynamic. The RW nutcases could have been led to the correct attitude early-on. (Most of them sent their kids to schools that required an array of pediatric vaxxes, and those who were ex-military got shot up against everything they might encounter.) Once he chose dipshittery, they elaborated it and sanctified it.

There’s a good article of the anti-vax movement here. Anti-vax sentiment is part and parcel of the right wing online paranoia that has taken off in the last few years because of social media. Yes, most of them had their kids vaxed without thinking about it too much, but that was years ago. Now they’re thoroughly radicalized.

From the article: “For the years 2001, 2015 and 2019, the percentage of Democrats who say it is either extremely or very important for parents to vaccinate their children has moved from 97% to 88% to 92%. For the same time points, Republicans went from 93% to 82% to 79%.”