Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Krygowski Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:15:36 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <5rteuj1mr9a65enuv3jqj7sfmpgurreaqs@4ax.com> <87iknpxigi.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87tt79kodg.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <62cmuj1f1dvq0kig96gflu90uat89d6ssj@4ax.com> <87a58um184.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87ecy43qdh.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87semjl99f.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87a58il0jo.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> Reply-To: frkrygow@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:15:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="801b11adb2d430a9561b44b224e001ea"; logging-data="196851"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19kZF9YvNlm0lgyLr5OtwUZqimNnTyGXWE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:GmT9bFYaaM7XaQB6ZJAo+8CWawk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2460 On 4/15/2025 8:56 AM, AMuzi wrote: > > But here, the rise in anti-vax was driven by upper class suburban > mothers and Hollywood celebrities who skew soft left.  (as with any > social phenomenon there are of course many flavors of opinion and > politics)  It was unusual before that quack Wakefield (1998?) but > snowballed after that. The anti-vax movement was driven by ignorant anti-scientists. Yes, it's bounced around the political spectrum, but the often deliberate ignorance has been and remains constant. -- - Frank Krygowski