Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to...
by fred_is_fred on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:44AM
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COVID flipped the script on who was anti-vax. It was primarily well-educated upper-class white liberal "granolas" - now it's poorly educated MAGA Wal-Mart folks.
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to...
by wnevets on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:47AM
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> It was primarily well-educated upper-class white liberal "granolas"
I don't think those people stopped being antivax, if anything they feel vindicated.
Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to...
by code4life on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:03PM
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You should consider thinking of people as precious, rather than these odd fine tuned segregated negative groups seemingly based on skin color, political leanings or social status.
Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to...
by pclmulqdq on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:00PM
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By the numbers, the upper-class white people were a very small fraction of the anti-vaxxers in the US. The majority were (and still are) Mennonites, Amish, and ultra-conservative Jewish communities.