[swiftcoder]

The antivax movement has been demonising the medical side of his foundation for decades at this point - I'd wager the folks who weren't born in the 90s are more likely to have heard about that than about the genesis of Windows

[SoftTalker]

The antivax movement is a tiny number of fringe wackos. Normal people are not against normal vaccines, even if some of them had concerns about one recent one in particular.

[kridsdale1]

Tiny fringe whackos yes.

But they were a significant force in electing the current president and his health secretary who is currently endangering whether we all get a flu and Covid booster this autumn.

[jonas21]

16% of American adults believe that vaccines are unsafe [1]. That's 40 million people, which is not exactly a tiny number.

While concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine are highest (24%), significant numbers of people still feel that "normal" vaccines are unsafe, like MMR (9%) and flu (11%).

[1] https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/vaccine-confiden...

[SoftTalker]

9% (if accurate) is pretty fringe in my view. Nobody wins anything or has a mandate for changing anything with 9% support.

[swiftcoder]

They are a fringe movement that landed on the incredible PR machine that was "mommy bloggers", parlayed that over into wellness influencers on tiktok/instagram, and figured out how to tie themselves into the web of other conspiracy theories that all fringe wackos believe...

Ever met a flat earther, a Qanon, or a chemtrails guy? I'll put good money they also believe that vaccines cause autism