Is there any more privileged, deluded group than the anti-vaxers?
That's a rhetorical question meant to point out how deluded and privileged anti-vaxers are
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SW-User
No, and they tend to be of the left, although sometimes of the right like home-schoolers, the other area where loons of both persuasions find common cause.
Hoosierxdaddy62 · 61-69, M
@SW-User I think you'll find the tend to be more libertarian, the left are the "educated elite" remember? they believe in science and stuff.
SW-User
@Hoosierxdaddy62 Some, for sure. I've encountered these nuts in Berkeley and Santa Monica, CA -- two areas that are pretty liberal.
Hoosierxdaddy62 · 61-69, M
maybe but I can make a free throw with my eyes closed if I try often enough. Anecdotal incidence doesn't support a theory... there may even be a repuglican in Berkeley if I look hard enough! :)
SW-User
@Hoosierxdaddy62 Do I need to match this with voting data for you?
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/01/13/peds.2014-2715
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/01/13/peds.2014-2715
SW-User
@Hoosierxdaddy62 The award for the most anti-vaccine state in the country goes to Oregon. This is not a surprise; the citizens of Portland are also afraid of fluoride. Thus, 4 of the 5 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue. (If Illinois is included, 5 of the 6 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue.) Including Illinois, 8 of the 12 most anti-vaccine states voted for Obama.