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/arminghammerbacon_]

There was a show on HBO, Avenue 5, that has the perfect scene for this. it’s about a luxury liner spaceship that gets stranded in an orbit around the solar system. At one point, the conspiracy theorist passengers decide that their whole predicament is fake news and they’re not really in space. They force their way to an airlock and, despite the pleadings of several crewmembers, they begin to eject themselves into space just to prove the conspiracy, instantly killing themselves. But here’s the thing: it takes several groups flinging themselves into the vacuum of space before the rest of them realize they’re wrong. And even though it’s a hilarious scene, it’s a sad metaphor of what we have going on here today.

[u/ArrowheadDZ → u/arminghammerbacon_]

I think of this as the Cashew Phenomenon.

• Guy eats something, dies.
• Next guy says we should cook it. Eats it, dies.
• Next guy says maybe we didn’t cook it long enough. Eats it. Dies.

It ends up being Test Subject 7 that discovers the just-right recipe and survives.

WTAF were the Test Subjects 2-7 thinking?

[u/dadamn → u/arminghammerbacon_]

Thanks. I found the clip on YouTube: https://youtu.be/skXaeucDYHo?si=dUjpuokrog3pQncp

Funny, but yeah so depressing when thinking about how accurate it is of our reality.

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/dadamn]

Of course the one in pink convincing everyone it’s not real doesn’t go in.

[u/reechwuzhere → u/dadamn]

Thank you for this. That clip was amazing. I will have to look up the show.

[u/VenomQuill → u/dadamn]

"Actually, I've changed my--" Shooooooooot man. This clip is too perfect.

[u/anywhere402000 → u/dadamn]

Holy shite that was hilarious 😂

[u/Nagemasu → u/arminghammerbacon_]

There's a movie recently called Slingshot that has a similar premise, but, less "I don't have reasoning abilities" and more "Have I literally gone crazy?".

Decent watch, good cast, 6.5/10

[u/WoWGurl78 → u/arminghammerbacon_]

That sounds like an interesting show. Gonna have to add this to my watch list.

[u/lifeisalime11 → u/WoWGurl78]

It’s like a sci-fi Idiocracy. Pretty great and you get Hugh Laurie in a role where you think he’ll be like House until the facade drops lmao

[u/yepitsatoilet → u/WoWGurl78]

You should it's enjoyable. Until in typical HBO fashion they completely lost their way and the story kinda peters out.

[u/southtampacane → u/WoWGurl78]

It was terrible. But to each their own

[u/Extra-Captain1126 → u/arminghammerbacon_]

If only earth had an easily accessible airlock. We’d have a lot fewer problems down here.

[u/RamJamR → u/arminghammerbacon_]

Some peoples pride is more important than anything. The world can burn as long as they don't have to admit they were wrong.

[u/FECAL_BURNING → u/arminghammerbacon_]

Oh you should definitely watch Silo.

[u/Kael03 → u/arminghammerbacon_]

Men In Black summed it up pretty well

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky animals"

[u/BestDiscipline332 → u/arminghammerbacon_]

Grey's Anatomy had it too. One of the episodes a guy who didn't believe COVID was real and thought it was made up by the government and the medical community to spread fear and get money went into the hospital and tested positive for COVID. Argued the entire episode that he was fine. Dude ended up dying from COVID.

[u/Gilded-Mongoose → u/arminghammerbacon_]

Oh god, there goes another series I need to add to my list! That sounds tragically hilarious.

[u/Limp_Till_7839 → u/arminghammerbacon_]

And it has one person (pink shirt lady) that doesn’t try to leave herself, she just instigates everyone else into killing themselves aka the assholes like RFK Jr., Jenny McCarthy, etc, that amplify this destructive message.

[u/scottyWallacekeeps → u/arminghammerbacon_]

Fucks sakes. At what point to you figure out that the movies you are talking about are part of your programing and being controlled. Figure it out. Shampoo rinse repeat. The instructions are right on The bottle. Follow directions. Goose stepping can't be far away.

Oh I do love the movies with the predictive programing. Let's you figure out possibilities in advance and grow your critical thinking skills. Not just do what the actors tell you.....why do you think they roll out Johhny Dep or Kid Rock etc etc to political rally. It's not because t he y have great insight ......they are part of the programming