Not so long ago there was an anti-vaccine movement in the northwest and I believe it was Jenny McCarthy that took a hit from it. It's been a minute but I think their issue was autism but I haven't looked it up in a bit.
Don't be gaslit into thinking covid vax was the only time people didn't want a shot.
There’s an episode of Tim Allen’s show Last Man Standing from 2014 where the libs are the “anti-vaxxers” and even he tries the line about “vaccines won us the Revolutionary War”, which my boss also tried on me. It’s so, so bizarre to watch in retrospect.
Totally. It’s a total false equivalence, especially if you consider that leftists also basically denied that natural herd immunity was a thing.
The historic situation my boss referred to was a classic “inoculation” to build natural herd immunity with the Continental Army that the redcoats already had. It’s kind of like a chicken pox party.
I had to hold back bigly when my boss brought that up. I was fully willing to get fired and become the company’s worst nightmare.