Anti-Vaxxers Have Growing Power On The Right.
Elected officials on the political right are now regurgitating the anti-vaxer bullet points line for line. (The Hill)
“Public health experts are growing increasingly concerned about a rise in anti-vaccination rhetoric among elected officials and right-wing media as a new wave of coronavirus infections begins to wash over Americans who have yet to get vaccinated.
Legislators in more than 40 states have introduced measures to bar vaccine passports, and many Republican governors have signed executive orders or laws barring their use.
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The anti-vaxxers are flexing their muscles with a seemingly ready, willing eager listeners on the political right. The ‘Know Nothings’ streak in America has always had a certain captive audience, those willing to choose ‘self appointed experts’ over real scientists. The internet has allowed them to digitally congregate and share information to increase to their influence much to the detriment of reason and humanity in general. Now the GOP is begging to adopt these nonsensical ideas divorced from reality to appease the extreme right wing element of their party.
