Bloomberg link

In the new study, the authors surveyed 2,200 people and found 53% had some concern about the safety, efficacy or necessity of canine vaccines. Nearly 40% were concerned that vaccines could cause dogs to develop autism, a theory without any scientific merit.

    • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      And we want these people to have a say in the means of production…

      Help! I can feel the liberalism in me reforming!

      maybe-later-honey: "Hey Hexbear, this is your dear friend GarfieldHeteronormativity, I sure do love brunch and hate le drumpf!

      • WayeeCool [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        And we want these people to have a say in the means of production…

        This is why a cultural revolution period and reducation camps are sometimes not just necessary but in the long run a good thing.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think the average American knows what communism means other than associating it with something negative. Saying a country is communist just means it’s bad.

        Americans interpret political ideologies as personal moral characteristics rather than representing economic distribution systems. Capitalism just means innovative but greedy, socialist means altruistic, and communism just means scary bad things with red flags.

    • Othello [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      The poll, released Tuesday by The Economist / YouGov, found that 52 percent of Republicans agreed that Russia was operating under Communism, despite the country not being Communist since the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Among all Americans, 42 percent thought that Russia was Communist, including 44 percent of Democrats.

      real doomer hours

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I think part of this is the lack of concrete understanding of what communism means to the average American. It just means “bad place that does bad things.” You could probably get a plurality of Americans to say Mexico is communist too if you frame the question right.