[gravity13]

Nobody wants to have a discussion about [enter argument of the month here] because it's all BS partisan politics motivated by the right's outright disdain for all things liberal in America.

The problem isn't a lack of understanding or research for new vaccines, the problem is anti-intellectualism running rampant.

[mensetmanusman]

“Nobody wants to have a discussion about [enter argument of the month here] because it's all BS partisan politics motivated by the right's outright disdain for all things liberal in America.”

That is one view, and I have heard the opposite (switch the words right with liberal in this statement).

Unfortunately the truth is lost in the medium of dialog, e.g. see the recent surveys showing how those that watch the media most are also the most misinformed about the risk of covid hospitalizations (>50%??).