• jaybone@lemmy.world
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    The antivax crowd is not just trumpers. I’m not sure how much this has changed recently, but 10 to 20 years ago, I knew plenty of liberal college-educated suburban soccer moms who believed in that shit.

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    The problems with vaccines started with andrew wakefield. Republicans have been pushing for voter ID laws for decades.

    none of this started with trump.

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      not to this scale, not even at the height of the pre-dinglebutt antivaxx movement.

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    Here’s an article on the history of anti-vaccination movements with sources.

    • “The Leicester Demonstration March of 1885 was one of the most notorious anti-vaccination demonstrations. There, 80,000-100,000 anti-vaccinators led an elaborate march, complete with banners, a child’s coffin, and an effigy of Jenner.”

    • “…surveys of medical providers in the UK in the late 1970s found they were reluctant to recommend the immunization to all patients.”

    • “Although the time periods have changed, the emotions and deep-rooted beliefs—whether philosophical, political, or spiritual—that underlie vaccine opposition have remained relatively consistent since Edward Jenner introduced vaccination.”
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      80,000-100,000 anti-vaccinators led an elaborate march, complete with banners, a child’s coffin, and an effigy of Jenner.

      Kylie or Kendall?

      since Edward Jenner introduced vaccination."

      Ah ok… I bet his sisters helped, though!