But I criticized big pharma’s profit motive in this thread and no one jumped on me, I got a Nice Post badge for it. I bet if we put up a poll we’d get 50% at least saying that profit motive in the pharmaceutical industry was endangering our health. It’s very hard for me to see how vaccines would be part of this scheme because they’d be making a lot more money selling drugs to treat these illnesses once people got them. Worrying about political corruption that drives up drug prices has nothing to do with being against vaccines.
@thaumatechnicia questioned the anti-GMO/anti-vaccine link by pointing out that lots of people are reasonably concerned about the effects of genetically modified crops. You can read my and @PrestonSturges’ replies, which I don’t think are remotely angry or witch-hunty. On one hand, there really is a lot to be concerned about in the industry surround GMO crops - if I were to avoid them it would be more likely because I was boycotting certain companies than because I was worried about their health effect. On the other hand, it’s pretty easy to find a lot of explicitly anti-GMO groups that are tied to anti-vaccine movements.
I really just don’t see this tribalism happening here, or if it is, I don’t see it happening on the lines you are suggesting. I’m not sure what you think needs to be said that you don’t think can be said here.
