It’s probably the most depressing conspiracy theory there is, not because the impacts are so much graver than some cranks who believe the Earth to be flat, but because vaccination is the most concrete proof of how much we rely on one another’s care and rationality. That’s true beyond disease – we also need each other for democracy, science, culture, civic life and everything – but in no other area can you see that, count it and put it on a graph.
The most controversial thing about anti-vax people is their conservatism and devotion to the traditions that came from their ancestors. Those ancestors who just a couple of centuries ago were ready to pay huge amounts of money for the opportunity to get vaccinated because they understood the danger of these diseases 😵💫
Vaccinations are the greatest gift by humanity to humanity- and we manage to fuck it up.
