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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

@adjl Do you have source to prove that the anti-vaxx sentiments were mostly bipartisan?

Anti-vaxx sentiments have been bipartisan for about as long as they've been around. From the left, it's hippies placing mistaken faith in the naturalistic fallacy, from the right, it's religion and misplaced machismo. For Covid specifically, I expect the split leans more to the right, given that so much of the movement (and the response to Covid in general) has turned into deliberately defying the democrats, but there's still plenty coming from the left. During at least one of the waves in BC, Nelson was a major hotspot, and Nelson is exceptionally hippie-dominated even by BC standards (it's where the family that was convicted of negligence for attempting to treat their toddler's meningitis with garlic and horseradish moved after serving their sentence to be among more like-minded people).

I can't be bothered to find specific data (though I'm sure it's out there and easy to find if you're curious), but low scientific literacy and a subsequent distrust of science is something that crosses party lines: people just don't understand this stuff.