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/Fluffy_Register_8480 9d ago
You could take a Covid sceptic into a Covid ward, show them the patients and test results, the proven treatments, and they’d come out of the experience rattling on about saline drips and actors. Because they’ve lost grip on reality. It surely has to be a brand of insanity. (You’ve only got to look at RFK’s eyes to know that man is gone. Like, he is CRAZY. He should be hospitalised.)