Direct outcome from playing loose with facts during COVID. Trust has been broken and I'm not sure how that can be fixed quickly, but labels of anti-vax and conspiracy theories isn't it.
Please.
The downfall started well before Covid - Jenny McCarthy and her soapbox rants got into the ear of many a early-mid 30 something Ameri-Canadian woman.
"Ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we’d rather have the measles versus autism, we’d sign up for the measles," says the celebrity, author and activist.
www.pbs.org
"Looking at milestones, he hit pretty much every milestone. It wasn’t until after the MMR [measles, mumps and rubella vaccine] he started showing some regression"
Please.
The downfall started well before Covid - Jenny McCarthy and her soapbox rants got into the ear of many a early-mid 30 something Ameri-Canadian woman.
"Ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we’d rather have the measles versus autism, we’d sign up for the measles," says the celebrity, author and activist.
www.pbs.org
"Looking at milestones, he hit pretty much every milestone. It wasn’t until after the MMR [measles, mumps and rubella vaccine] he started showing some regression"
Not to mention the debunked vaccines cause autism report, that even after being debunked kept going. I am honestly convinced the anti vax movement is partially amplified by China and Russia to destabilize the west. it's interesting to compare the two.
In addition to domestic hesitancy, strong state / geopolitical dimension: vaccine diplomacy, disinformation campaigns targeting other countries and Western vaccines
State role
Governments often push vaccination campaigns, sometimes with mandates; anti-vax groups oppose government/elite
Governments in Russia/China are actively promoting their vaccines; also using information operations to discredit Western vaccines
Disinformation / external targeting
Disinformation largely domestic (though foreign actors may assist)
Russia/China have targeted foreign audiences with anti-vaccination narratives for strategic influence. Example: Russian sources spreading anti-vax narratives mostly in foreign languages. (PMC)
Trust & uptake dynamics
Hesitancy exists but mixed; higher overall vaccination uptake in many Western countries
Russia shows lower uptake despite availability; China shows strong domestic uptake of its own vaccines but distrust of Western ones
Narrative framing
Focus on individual freedom, government mistrust, pharma mistrust, safety concerns
In Russia/China: framing often includes West vs East, superiority of domestic vaccines, skepticism toward Western regulatory agencies, geopolitics of vaccine supply
Information environment
Relatively open media & debate; anti-vax voices more visible and contested
More controlled information environment (especially China), state media influence high; disinformation often cross-border
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