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As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK Jr’s allies work to gut vaccine laws
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2026
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Is this anti vaccine movement just based solely on stupidity? Or is there something else behind it like maybe it will disproportionately affect certain people?
See Project 2025. The old and vulnerable need to be culled. Nazis did the same thing, saving costs in care institutions. Viruses conveniently kill off old and health vulnerable, allowing the theft of social security.
Stupidity, anti-intellectualism, sticking it to the man, blend all of that in an echochamber and you get this mess
Better question is who has the most to gain from this? Insurance companies. More hospital stays, more free money.
Not really, they save money on old people, where most money is claimed eventually. A virus kills them off fast and cheap.
I’m inclined to think these people wouldn’t necessarily go to the hospital until it was absolutely too late. Or they’re too suspicious of the system to have insurance. Once you go anti-vaxx, the conspiracy ball is rolling.
People need to feel special. Scientists telling them that they need to get a vaccine makes them feel not-special, because these sorts of people chew on lead. Homeopath bloggers tells them that they are special, so they choose to believe the internet people. They now form groups, so that they can make each other feel special.
Now South Carolina is having the day they voted for—and children get to pay the price.
Stupidity and ignorant feelings
While there are many true believers, I'd guess the majority of the actual real political influence behind this movement is cynical, like most other wedge issues.
That is all speculative, and I could be wrong, but that is historically how these things operate.