07-21-2021, 09:10 PM
(07-21-2021, 08:12 PM)calgor Wrote: I was thinking the other day how much of the anti-vax mentality would exist without the internet. Despite all the good things the internet has brought, it's hard to deny the negatives that have come with it. Granted we would still have certain elements of Fox News pushing it, but I wonder how much it would have taken hold if it then had to rely on word of mouth rather than social media to continue the spread.
I'd say we would still have a fair amount of anti-vaxxers, perhaps not so much? Hard to say. I honestly don't watch Fox News at all so not sure what sort of narrative they're pushing, but I know that some conservatives are indeed getting the vaccine, so I think it is really down to idiots, assholes and morons.
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