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Nearly half of Americans hold some form of vaccine skepticism, poll finds (www.independent.co.uk)
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Only 39% of people in poll said that the science on vaccines ‘is clear and it is damaging to question it’

Nearly half of Americans are somewhat skeptical of vaccines, a new poll has found.

Some 46% of U.S. adults who responded to a Public First poll by Politico in March agreed that “facts on vaccines are still up for debate and it is damaging to enforce their uptake.”

In contrast, only 39% said that the science on vaccines “is clear and it is damaging to question it.”

The results of the survey are in line with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic and founder of the Republican “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

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[–] 11 points 5 months ago

ALL medicine should be questioned, heavily today. We have dangerous meds put on the market all the time.

Sure but...

Anyone remember Vioxx? ... phen-fen ... Ozempic

None of which are vaccines. The poll was asking about"the science on vaccines" which is very well established, and those questioning it do so out of either ignorance or a "hidden" agenda (usually to sell a hand wavey book or get subscriptions to their "healthy mom something or other" YouTube channel).

The people with the actual credentials to be qualified to question vaccine science aren't questioning it, because there's nothing there to question.

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