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ehrnst

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40. BTW - The VICP was adopted in response to concerns over the pertussis portion of the DPT vaccine

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 09:48 AM

Jul 2020

So there's that.

Perhaps you aren't aware that pedicatricians screen children prior to giving them vaccines to determine if they are at risk for adverse reactions to any drug - family history and health, etc.

You sound rather doubtful that vaccines, like antibiotics, are indeed safely manufactured and should be part of the standard of care, because of the existence of the VICP, and "over a billion."

Maybe you can clarify?

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VT-GOV: Our Revolution endorses anti-vaxxer for Democratic nomination [View all] RandySF Jul 2020 OP

I'd never campaign or vote for an anti-vaxxer... abqtommy Jul 2020 #1

I'm with you. Big time. How else do this person's anti-science Hortensis Jul 2020 #2

Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, the son of a physician, is not an anti-vaxxer. womanofthehills Jul 2020 #11

WotH, he really IS. Many politicians fudge beliefs not considered widely respectable, Hortensis Jul 2020 #17

Thank you. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #27

I would have hoped that the pandemic would have quashed the nonsense Aristus Jul 2020 #3

They are linking flu vaccines to vulnerability to Covid-19 now. Mariana Jul 2020 #5

The thing about people like that is the never have to prove anything. Blue_true Jul 2020 #6

Concurrence and correlation are different. Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #10

Tell that to the anti-vaxxers. (nt) ehrnst Jul 2020 #41

Well, that is a stupid move on Our Revolution's part. MineralMan Jul 2020 #4

Yes. That group makes a lot of head scratching moves. Blue_true Jul 2020 #7

He's ahead in the polls. They *need* to back some winners to claim that their endorsement did it ehrnst Jul 2020 #42

I haven't seen an elected politician with a ponytail since Ben Nighthorse Campbell Polybius Jul 2020 #8

You might also like the fact that he is NOT against vaccines womanofthehills Jul 2020 #12

I actually like him a lot Polybius Jul 2020 #16

He's well liked and way ahead in the polls womanofthehills Jul 2020 #19

Perhaps because anti-vaxxers are a public health hazard? Especially during a pandemic... ehrnst Jul 2020 #36

Our Revolution endorsed an anti-vaxxer? George II Jul 2020 #9

Actually NO. Just a person who thinks people who are medically fragile should get an exemption womanofthehills Jul 2020 #13

... BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #14

ie an antivaxxer obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #21

What about that makes him an anti-vaxxer? PTWB Jul 2020 #22

Sorry to inform you, but the world is not black & white womanofthehills Jul 2020 #26

Wrong. He's gone way farther than that - he has cast stated doubts on the science of vaccines ehrnst Jul 2020 #35

BTW - The VICP was adopted in response to concerns over the pertussis portion of the DPT vaccine ehrnst Jul 2020 #40

What is "medically fragile" sheshe2 Jul 2020 #28

Actually YES - he has disputed the science, and the "motivations" of vaccine developers. ehrnst Jul 2020 #34

This is so on brand for Our Rev BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #15

Actually - the people of Vermont love him womanofthehills Jul 2020 #18

I see. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #29

IKR? ehrnst Jul 2020 #38

It's not like Our Revolution hasn't jumped on the bandwagon to support a popular candidate, ehrnst Jul 2020 #37

He's already the Lieutenant Governor RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #44

And? BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #47

Awww come one now.... RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #48

Never voting for a person who avows an anti-science position JCMach1 Jul 2020 #20

Anti vaxxers can go lick toilet seats. Initech Jul 2020 #23

Being anti-Vax is stupid but I am not a one-issue voter. pampango Jul 2020 #24

Anti-vaccine views are hazardous to public health RandySF Jul 2020 #25

It goes to mental competence and judgement, Pampango. Hortensis Jul 2020 #31

+1000. I feel the very same about climate science skeptics, and anti-choice candidates. ehrnst Jul 2020 #45

Yes. All ideologies should be supportable by truth. Hortensis Jul 2020 #46

If they disregard science and the mainstream medical community, of which Fauci is one, ehrnst Jul 2020 #33

I'm glad there were few anti-vaxxers when I was a kid. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2020 #30

That's as anti-science as a climate change denier, or anti-choice hard liner. or anti-Fauci fanatic. ehrnst Jul 2020 #32

I'm really glad that when I was a kid there wasn't this movement. EllieBC Jul 2020 #39

Phil Scott will likely be re-elected. RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #43