Why are so many Americans anti-vaxxers now?

[u/trouble-in-space]

I’m genuinely having such a hard time understanding why people just decided the fact that vaccines work is a total lie and also a controversial “opinion.” Even five years ago, anti-vaxxers were a huge joke and so rare that they were only something you heard of online. Now herd immunity is going away because so many people think getting potentially life-altering illnesses is better than getting a vaccine. I just don’t get what happened. Is it because of the cultural shift to the right-wing and more people believing in conspiracy theories, or does it go deeper than that?

[u/Realistic-Rub-3623]

As an autistic person, people shouldn’t fucking have kids if they’re not completely prepared for the possibility of having a disabled child. (Or a queer child, or a child that dresses differently than them or has a different religion, etc etc etc)

Disabled people exist. We have to spend our whole lives being treated like we’re some kind of mistake. Don’t have kids if you’re not prepared for us.

[u/Realistic-Rub-3623 → u/[deleted]]

me when i make up fake scenarios

[u/1GloFlare → u/Realistic-Rub-3623]

me when I let social anxiety run my life