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Will Carless

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

That's a very compelling argument to a mother who is trying to do the best for her children, and fathers, of course, obviously, but it's a very compelling message for parents.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

I've got to be vigilant and I've got to be careful and make sure that I'm really doing the best for my children.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

And so, yes, everybody agrees that there's a problem with the way that things are communicated and that that has been either exploited, as some people would say,

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

And of course, I mean, RFK Jr., for example, would say the big problem is that the medical establishment has become too entrenched and that he's coming in and that he's kind of grabbing it by the lapels and shaking it up.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

So depending on where you're coming from, I'd say politically, it makes a big difference as to how you see what the solution is and how things need to change within medicine.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

I think she does exactly that.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

I mean, Bianca is, as you say, she's very kind of crunchy.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

She's also very skeptical about doctors and about medicine, but she hasn't lost faith.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

She hasn't lost faith in medical science.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

Like she still reads the scientific papers.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

She still believes them.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

Unlike April and Brandy, who simply just don't believe them and will only believe certain things that are told to them.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

So I think, yes, Bianca, I think represents this group of, again, a lot of mothers, a lot of parents out there who want to do best for their children and who believe the science when it comes to nutrition and when it comes to things like screen time and kind of being outdoors and all the things that the experts say is good for our children.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

but also believe it when it comes to vaccines and when it comes to medicine.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

And so I think she very much represents that kind of middle ground.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

Just that there has been a massive erosion in trust in established knowledge and established science.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

And that is a big part of my beat.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

It's a big part of what I report on.

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

It's this kind of general... We used to...

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How ‘crunchy mom’ vaccine skeptics joined RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement

generally believe in the same things as a society.