[tunap]

Considering in a not too distant yesterday(pre-Covid) the "anti-vaxxers" were all liberal/granola types and now they are magically all conservative/racist types, perhaps you may want to re-assess your 2-dimensional view of the real world. I believe a cogent example was on the front-page of HN just a day or two ago, but IANYG.

[slumdev]

"Not too distant" means only five years ago. The "anti-vaxxers" were people who lived in primarily white, primarily wealthy, primarily urban or suburban environments and who refused (usually) the MMR vaccine.

You don't find measles outbreaks in rural Mississippi. You find them in Washington, New York, and California. [1]

So it's pretty rich to label someone as an "anti-vaxxer" for refusing the experimental, emergency-use, mRNA jabs, when that person has never demonstrated even the slightest hesitancy about receiving or administering every other approved vaccine.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles_resurgence_in_the_Unit...

[underseacables]

Labels like anti-vaxxer just seems to be weaponized propaganda to me. It’s a cheap, easy way to discredit someone you don’t agree with. Hopefully as time goes on and disparaging groups throw these accusations back-and-forth of each other, that it eventually dilutes their meaning and impact.

[marvindanig]

lol. I never mentioned the political leanings of the anti-vaxxer type; just that they are either very stupid people or misinformed by propaganda originating somewhere. it's interesting to see multiple downvotes on my comments from the folks who probably saw what's not written up there, just like you did. the "conservative/racist type" you said?

quick question: what made you put the labels conservative and racist together?

also, a liberal eating granola bar might be stupid, but their actions do not put anyone else in danger. an anti-vaxxer however is a risk to the society in that they are an active and potential host to a disease in circulation.