Thread by @gorskon

@GYamey Interesting question. After all, you'd think that a safe and effective vaccine would be appealing to them as a tool to end the pandemic faster without lockdowns or business restrictions, wouldn't you?

@GYamey I think the issue of why #GreatBarringtonDeclaration cranks and @aier have gone full anti-#CovidVaccine and now even antivax is simple. It's a matter of invoking the bogeyman of "tyranny." 2/

@GYamey @aier Here's what I mean. The whole reason #GreatBarringtonDeclaration and @aier are so against public health interventions to slow the spread of #COVID19 is based on "freedom" and a resentment of anything that they see infringing on that "freedom," particularly business "freedom." 3/

@GYamey @aier A requirement for #CovidVaccine to be able to end the #COVID19 pandemic is that a large fraction of the population must be vaccinated, sufficient to achieve true herd immunity. There's no way to do that without massive government intervention. 4/

@GYamey @aier Indeed, we're seeing the difference now between the Trump administration's rather laissez-faire approach to vaccinating the nation and @JoeBiden's far more government activist approach. It's like night and day. 5/

@GYamey @aier @JoeBiden Since @aier and the #GreatBarringtonDeclaration quacks are very much right wing and oppose expansion of government power, they don't like a solution to the pandemic that requires a huge government effort to administer vaccines. 6/

@GYamey @aier @JoeBiden Add to that the possibility of a #VaccinePassport, and @aier and the cranks lose their minds. While it is true that there are legitimate arguments against #VaccinePassports, legitimate arguments are not what #GreatBarringtonDeclaration flacks are peddling. 7/

@GYamey @aier @JoeBiden The reason @aier and #GreatBarringtonDeclaration have gone antivax is the same reason they're anti-public health. Public health measures against #COVID19 and herd immunity by vaccination both require massive government interventions to which they are fundamentally opposed. 8/8