Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Presidential legacy of Donald Trump: GOP vaccine hesitancy


Months and months of his lies and disinformation lead Trumpers to parrot vaccine conspiracy theories.



New York Times, 3/15/2021
While there are degrees of opposition to vaccination for the coronavirus among a number of groups, including African-Americans and antivaccine activists, polling suggests that opinions in this case are breaking substantially along partisan lines. 
A third of Republicans said in a CBS News poll that they would not be vaccinated — compared with 10 percent of Democrats — and another 20 percent of Republicans said they were unsure. Other polls have found similar trends.


1/26/2021 update, "Rejection of science", starts here.

 



New York Times, 1/17/2021



1/26/2021 update, "Unhinged passengers abuse airline employees over masks", starts here.



New York Times, 1/25/2021
Aviation safety officials have received dozens of confidential complaints in the past year from attendants trying to enforce mask safety rules. The reports, filed in the Aviation Safety Reporting System database, at times describe a chaotic, unhinged workplace where passengers regularly abuse airline employees. “I felt like if this man is bold enough to scream ‘SHUT UP' at me in the cabin, there is no limits,” a flight attendant said in one report.



1/17/2021 update, "Racism, nativism"starts here



New York Times, 1/16/2021



1/4/2021 update, "Covid case count", starts here.

 


1/3/2021 update, "Botched rollout of vaccine", starts here


New York Times, 1/3/2021


12/18/2020 update, "Dismissive approach to the pandemic", starts here.

New York Times, 12/13/2020





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