Even just the argument to support mandates has completely changed, and yet too late for those who lost their jobs.
There are billions of webpages that presumably say just about everything possible. The link to the NYT article that was never promoted doesn't do much in this regard
There are also plenty of scientists who have different opinions. Only scientists with certain opinions are given interviews/timeslots. This applies to Fox as it does CNN.
None of that matters though.
My points were not about vaccinations, they were about hate. The why isn't really important.
How is that creating a narrative? People with low education are also often people who deal with government programs a lot. Through medicare, social security, VA, police, public schooling, public housing and I can keep on going, these people are often dependent on government. And that combined with lower mental capacity really doesn't help.
> Good governments generally understand this, and the most effective health policy during the pandemic was to give the mic to the scientific community.
That's what they did in my country... And in my country, the covid anti-vaxxers are very relatable to the ones in the US. Hell, they get most their information from Q-anon.
I can see why you think that, but it's actually the reverse. People with a high level of education are more susceptible to misinformation because they have been conditioned to focus on credentials. They take the information on its face as long as the individual speaking has the proper title. This allows real misinformation and disinformation to spread rapidly and without pushback.
People outside of this have a much more skeptical posture and can see the narrative for what it is.
These are weasel words. The antivax movement among progressive west-coast parents in the US has been covered frequently in the national media e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/measles-outbreak.html
> The people not getting vaccinated are the people who have dealt with the government the most.
This is also not true. They're mostly people with low educational attainment who are more susceptible to misinformation, but I can see the narrative you're trying to create!
> In fact, swallowing wholesale the narrative by people who have a vast history of lying(or no history of any truth/intelligent ideas) is the least intelligent thing one can do.
Good governments generally understand this, and the most effective health policy during the pandemic was to give the mic to the scientific community.