One of the more interesting moments in last Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate was when Ben Carson, a physician, was asked to comment on Donald Trump’s previous comments supporting the idea that vaccinations can lead to autism. …
In many cases, people’s opinions on issues are not well formed, and they adopt the issue stances of politicians they admire. This has not been a major source of concern in the vaccines world since pretty much all politicians of all major parties have taken strongly pro-vaccination stances, when they take any stance on the issue at all. But when leading candidates in one political party, and not the other, take a different stance, it is quite possible that voters will follow suit. CONT.
Seth Masket, Pacific Standard