Disinformation issue: How the anti-vax movement went mainstream--Analysis
TRUST DEFICIT — An anti-vaccine political movement that once existed on the fringes is rising in political prominence and propelling the fortunes of at least two 2024 candidates — Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis. The pair espouse different positions and hail from different parties, but they have one thing in common: they are tapping into — and advancing — a resurgence in skepticism about the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
As POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn writes today in the first of a five-part series about the mainstreaming of the anti-vax movement, the Biden administration — which vowed to restore Americans’ faith in public health — has grown increasingly paralyzed over how to combat the rising appeal of anti-vaccine activism.
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