[wrfrmers]

An aspect of this phenomenon (though not the entire explanation): Conservatives tend to oppose initiatives that are broadly beneficial - especially if they stand to help marginalized groups - if they require even a minor or suspected sacrifice on their part. In this case, inclusive of having to sublimate oneself to a public health campaign/the purported risk of side effects or autism, respectively.

I've also noticed that conservatives tend to have a pronounced reaction to the prospect of ills that have visited marginalized groups also becoming their problem. The US has a limited but sharp history of medical exploitation, particularly of minorities. Many conservatives think, "We're next, unless we resist forcefully."

[myheartisinohio]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that pharmaceutical companies are profit driven and large swaths of the country have been impacted by pill addictions.

Trust the science- the pharmaceutical industry pushed the idea that Oxy is a less addictive than morphine. State medical boards across the country put their thumbs in their pockets.

But wait there's more! The whole concept of selling SSRIs to people based on another lie that they have a "chemical imbalance" when exercise has proven to be more beneficial.

What else? Oh, mass prescribing stimulants to children.

[wrfrmers]

As a progressive, I agree that Big Pharma's profit motive is a major problem when it comes to public health campaigns like mass vaccination, and that those companies have not remotely answered adequately for many of their past misdeeds.

[abduhl]

This is political drivel meant to superficially denounce "conservatives" by using soft words ("tend to," "broadly beneficial," "marginalized," "minor or suspected," "many conservatives") and it falls apart upon closer scrutiny.

The hardest part of modern day political discourse is saying something that is insightful while being concrete and, for insults/criticisms, not equally applicable to the "other" side. You haven't done that here. You can replace "conservative" with "liberal" in your post and have it be just as applicable because you haven't actually said anything.

[wrfrmers]

Ironic reply. Feel free to scrutinize.