(07-17-2021 07:01 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-17-2021 12:49 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-13-2021 09:48 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  It seems that the Republicans are surging ahead in the "which side claims the anti-vaxxers?" argument.

Well, uhh....... no.....

Quote:The most recent Kaiser poll helps illustrate that the vaccine hesitant group doesn't really lean Republican. Just 20% of the group called themselves Republican with an additional 19% being independents who leaned Republican. The clear majority (61%) were not Republicans (41% said they were Democrats or Democratic leaning independents and 20% were either pure independents or undesignated
).

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/politics/...index.html

Nice try at troll bait, though. Maybe this is an example where your other answer of 'I dont know much about this so I should read some more about' might be more appropriate.

But, that would lessen the smug troll bait effect.

Maybe a wash then for you.

Not even searching for this when, in another piece, a reference to this article popped up.

Literally the next paragraph of that article…

Quote: This is very much unlike the vaccine resistant group, of whom 55% are Republican or Republican leaning independents. Just 21% of that group are Democrats or Democratic leaning independents.

One can also look at how the vaccine percentage at the state level correlates fairly well to Republican votes in a state.

Is it important to anybody that the anti-vaxxers slew left or right? I don’t care either way. Who was the first finger pointer? I chose early to seek out the vac. Just a personal choice. Of course, my age and health were influencing factors. My decision had zero to do with politics. Just common sense to me. But then, I have never understood the resistance to vaccinations even before COVID.

I have heard people say that tried the flu shot and got a bad case of flu and so they won’t do that again. My personal experience is just the opposite - it seems as though I get less colds since I started getting the annual flu shot. Of course, I did develop a side effect - an infection - from the first COVID shot. You pays your money and you takes your chances…

In any case, if asked, I would recommend the vaccine to anybody - left, right, black white, whatever.

But I also recognize the right of people to decide for themselves. Even if they decide wrong, or for,the wrong reasons.