31% of Republicans say vaccines are more dangerous than diseases they prevent

[douglas9]

Public sentiment on the importance of safe, lifesaving childhood vaccines has significantly declined in the US since the pandemic—which appears to be solely due to a nosedive in support from people who are Republican or those who lean Republican, according to new polling data from Gallup.

In 2019, 52 percent of Republican-aligned Americans said it was "extremely important" for parents to get their children vaccinated. Now, that figure is 26 percent, falling by half in just five years. In comparison, 63 percent of Democrats and Democratic leaners said it was "extremely important" this year, down slightly from 67 percent in 2019.

Overall, only 40 percent of Americans now say it is extremely important for parents to vaccinate their children, down from 58 percent in 2019 and 64 percent in 2001.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/31-of-republicans-say-vaccines-are-more-dangerous-than-diseases-they-prevent/

[madaboutharry]

1. They should be forced to watch old newsreels of polio victims.

I will never understand how the anti-vaccine culture took root. In the mid-20 century people were still dying and becoming disabled from polio outbreaks. Children were born with birth defects because their mothers had contracted Rubella. I know someone whose mother had Rubella while she was pregnant. He was born without a left ear.

[Hugin]

4. As usual...

The most recent round is rooted in religious malpractice and mass confirmation bias. I, personally, think it has a lot to do with the HPV vaccine which came out in the mid-2000’s.

You see, it has something to do with * whispers * sex.

[Voltaire2]

15. And stunningly effective.

[Hugin]

16. Yep, I really wish it would have been around when I was younger. n/t

[Cosmocat]

18. Right wing fuckwittery

is not a new thing.

Sadly, the internet and social media has allowed it to metastasize exponentially.

[elias7]

19. They won't have to...

Though Polio has been eradicated in the developed countries, it still exists in less developed countries and there’s no reason to think it won’t find its way back into an unvaccinated world

[Emile]

2. They are the party of weirdos.

[dem4decades]

3. They can't ride into the sunset soon enough.

[hatrack]

5. Yay! Fewer Republicans!!

Too bad about more of the rest of us getting sick thanks to their dumb asses.

[FeelingBlue]

6. Little children...

Will pay the price.

[atreides1]

7. Yes they will

Because they have stupid, neglectful parents, who would rather watch their child suffer and possibly die...

[Think. Again.]

8. Perhaps the NIH should consider quarantining them?

...in, you know, camps?

[HAB911]

9. The same insane 31% as usual

[Brainfodder]

10. SO down to 31% stooges, could be worse.

Not enough to elect No Moral High Ground Convict Donnie Dipshit!

[LastDemocratInSC]

11. That 32% anchors the left side of many bell curves.

[Brainfodder]

13. I can't even imagine their lack of thought process on this Bronze Bozo!

Looking like a health crisis perhaps for DooDoo Donnie?



OPERATION LET HIM SPEAK!

[dalton99a]

12. "We wish we could have polio"

[Voltaire2]

14. These fucking idiots. Nt.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Is anti-science winning?

[Coexist]

20. Darwin approves

[elias7]

21. There is a big chunk of so-called progressives who are anti-vaxxers as well

My hospital experience says about a 50:50 split of anti-vaxxers between right and left, though I haven’t run across any data in a brief search