Jill Stein’s anti-vax game: How and why the Green Party candidate is pandering to the anti-vax crowd

[workinclasszero]

Jill Stein sows doubt and fears about vaccinations, and the supposed Snopes debunking did nothing of the sort
AMANDA MARCOTTE

But, as you can see if you click that Vox link above, the accusation is not that Stein herself is personally anti-vaccination. The accusation is that Stein panders to anti-vaccination crowd by sowing doubts about vaccination safety and validating their completely unfounded suspicions that the FDA is somehow working for shadowy corporations.

“Dr. Stein uses a common anti-vaccine dodge in which she denies that she’s anti-vaccine, but then repeats anti-vaccine tropes about vaccines not being tested the same way as other drugs (if anything, they’re tested more rigorously), corruption in big pharma, etc.,” David Gorski, a surgical oncologist and pro-science blogger explained to me. “She even walked back a Tweet from saying ‘there’s no evidence’ that vaccines cause autism to ‘I’m not aware of evidence linking vaccines to autism.’ Talk about an antivaccine dog whistle!”

http://www.salon.com/2016/08/03/jill_steins_anti_vax_game_how_and_why_the_green_party_candidate_is_pandering_to_the_anti_vaccination_crowd/

[runaway hero]

1. certain sector of the left

just does not understand that some things are not games.

[Thinkingabout]

2. I hear she thinks she is the alternative to Hillary and Trump, but she did not say where she stands

on issues. If her issue is anti-vax well she has lost my attention.

[workinclasszero]

5. Agree

They are mostly well off so not worried about a Trump fascist administration.

[Recursion]

6. It also means they never have to actually prioritize

I've got a million things I'd like fixed, too, but you can't do them all at once, and a President has to actually declare one thing a priority.