Any Democrats Anti Covid Vaccine?

Interesting

Wacky hippie liberals were the first anti vaxxers in the 80s. Keep up bro!

popSquadMan wrote:

I'm not anti-vax by any means (until now I guess) don't really trust a politically charged vaccine pushed by people who continue to wear a mask after getting their shots.

I just find it funny that I haven't met one democrat who questions the vaccine at all. Any here?

Actually, a lot of democrats questioned the vaccine before the election. I believe a lot of politicians and more liberal news outlets publicly questioned if they would trust or receive a vaccine approved when Trump was in office. A lot said if offered, they would not get it. Basically the same concerns and talking points Republicans are making now. Then Biden won and then suddenly all the democrat politicians and liberal leaning news outlets were on board. On the flip side, Trump supporters went from being for it and proud of how Trump's operation light speed help get these vaccines developed to suddenly being hesitant and not trusting a vaccine because now it is being pushed by democrats. Same vaccine, just a different President. Seriously, look back at the Fall of 2020 news if you forgot.

To answer your question, yes, I've met people from both sides of the isle that may be hesitant for a variety of reasons (pregnancy, allergies, not understanding mRNA vaccines, recent news about blood clots, afraid of shots, etc.) and recommend that they have an open dialogue with a trusted resource (doctor, etc.) instead of relying of information posted on forums, memes, political news personalities, etc.

Lastly, ask yourself, if Trump would have been elected President would you get the vaccine. Again, these are the same vaccines that Trump and Republicans were promoting prior to the election. Nothing changed.

Keep Politics Out Of My Arm wrote:

Lastly, ask yourself, if Trump would have been elected President would you get the vaccine. Again, these are the same vaccines that Trump and Republicans were promoting prior to the election. Nothing changed.

I vote D and I would get the vaccine regardless of who was president provided the scientific community continues to agree that vaccines are good and necessary

I thought Trump invented the vaccine?

Harambe wrote:

I thought Trump invented the vaccine?

Keep your mask on S head.

I think mostly what people were skeptical of was Trump saying the vaccine was going to be ready prior to the election. That was what people were questioning, how that could have been done safely since all the medical experts were saying it was not possible. Obviously, Trump was completely full of it as usual.

sweet d willie wrote:

Harambe wrote:

I thought Trump invented the vaccine?

Keep your mask on S head.

Impossible to want to give Trump credit for the vaccine AND call it political. Trumpers are used to this cognitive dissonance though, so it goes unnoticed.

They were anti-vaccine until January 20 and then they immediately became pro-vaccine.

We are SO divided politically, that it wouldn't surprise me regardless of what the "science " says.

I have not heard of a single Dem elected official that has come out as an anti-vaxxer, but RFJ Jr is a solidly blue guy who has taken up the mantle of top Dem anti-vaxxer.

There was a nationwide poll on vaccine hesitancy. Ironically, it showed CA as having some of the lowest rates of vaccine hesitancy even though CA has been one of the worst areas in the US for people resisting childhood vaccines.

My sister in law is a bit of an anti-vaxxer. She is into all the herbal/alternative medicine crap and only had her kids vaccinated when she had to send them to public school and had no choice. She has always been very liberal but got a bit red pilled recently when her boyfriend/common law husband almost lost his restaurant due to COVID restrictions. She has not gone in for the COVID vax even though she works at a coffee shop.

Well, actually, the shift in narrative started after the election was officially called. The FDA approved Pfizer in early December and people started getting shots (health care and politicians from both isles) at the end of December/early January.

Just staying with the facts.

Demographic data would suggest that Democrats are just as likely to be hesitant than Republicans to get the vaccine. Based upon data from the CDC from April 26th, here is the percentage of each ethnic group that has received at least on vaccine:

Asian - 45% vaccinated

White - 38% vaccinated

Hispanic - 25% vaccinated

Black - 24% vaccinated

Females - 46% vaccinated

Males - 41% vaccinated

75+ - 80% vaccinated

65-74 - 82% vaccinated

50-64 - 63% vaccinated

40-49 - 50% vaccinated

30-39 - 44% vaccinated

18-29 - 35% vaccinated

Under 18 - 3% vaccinated

Blacks - 84% Democrat

Asians - 65% Democrat

Hispanics - 63% Democrat

Whites - 43% Democrat

Given that the elderly tend to lean Republican and they have the highest vaccination rates, and young people tend to lean Democrat / Independent and have the lowest vaccination rates, and minorities tend to lean Democrat and have the lowest vaccination rates, would indicate that Democrats are just as likely to be vaccine hesitant as Republicans.

When you ask about Democrats, do you mean elected politicians or voters?

I know Kamala Harris made some quip about the vaccine during the VP debate was not a good thing (she said she would take it if health experts to but not if Trump told her to). It was put forth as skepticism that has been used. I think that was just not wanting to recognize that the vaccines were developed under that administration and was pretty juvenile.

Now in terms of voters: Well I am thinking a large number of POC have not taken it yet and they tend to vote Dem so that says something.

Also, if you look at the pre-vaccine anti-vaxxers they seem to be heavily liberal/Democrats. Marin County is a hotbed for this along with many Hollywood types. I heard very few Republican politicians against MMR and other vaccines.

What gets me is that Trump should be doing a victory lap on the vaccine development (hey, presidents get credit for lots of crap they have nothing to do with and the blame as well). Warp Speed was a great idea. Trump himself even got the vaccine before leaving office. Imagine how much he would own the libs if he had been out hawking "his vaccine" since early January. For all the other crappy things he did, the only argument would be "well he didn't REALLY develop it" which would not really carry much weight. (Oh and millions more likely would be vaccinated).

You spent all effort just to posit a hunch, based on age assumptions, when the actual poll data is out there? Took about 20sec to google and find from Pew:

2600 bro wrote:

Wacky hippie liberals were the first anti vaxxers in the 80s. Keep up bro!

Read the post bro...

Lastly, ask yourself, if Trump would have been elected President would you get the vaccine. Again, these are the same vaccines that Trump and Republicans were promoting prior to the election. Nothing changed.

Still wouldn't have got it, but at least my co workers wouldn't be asking me every dang day if I got it yet.