Lauren Weber: How the anti-vaccine movement is gaining power in statehouses
"A wave of lawmakers who oppose vaccine requirements are winning elections for state legislatures amid a national drop in childhood vaccination rates and a resurfacing of preventable deadly diseases.
The victories come as part of a political backlash to pandemic restrictions and the proliferation of misinformation about the safety of vaccines introduced to fight the coronavirus."
#antivax #Louisiana #antiscience #covid
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/12/22/anti-vaccine-covid
We are seeing this in the UK witrh other vaccines hence the rise in things like Measles, we really do need to do a better job of sharing good science information and keep telling the anti vax idiots to either show us the science to back their claims or shut up.
Sadly I think the battle on mainstream social media is lost, there are enough science, and importantly rational intelligent people on the Fediverse to really share information based on actual science, backed by research, backed by evidence and backed by actual papers on the topics. It makes good reading but also helps others share this information too.
