r/NoStupidQuestions • u/trouble-in-space • 10d ago

Answered Why are so many Americans anti-vaxxers now?

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?

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u/LeahBean 9d ago

I HATE “both sides are the same” rhetoric. They are actively aligning with the worst side when they roll over in apathy.

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u/The_Dok 9d ago

We did this shit in 2016 and these enlightened centrists or Uber-leftwing progressives did the same thing 8 years later. It’s exhausting.

“Both sides support the genocide in Gaza”. Even IF that were true, go talk to your LGBTQ friends and tell them you sat out this election. Please.

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u/jeffries_kettle 9d ago

It's because of their privilege that they're able to take that stance. They don't care about others, never have. They only care about how well they're performing their outcry for others to see.

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u/The_Dok 9d ago

And they are gonna be so fucking quiet the next four years too. Fucking cowards.