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Live free and die: Inside the bizarre political philosophy of America’s unvaccinated | Will Bunch

A warped sense of freedom, distrust of elites cause millions in 'Trump country' to shun vaccines. Here's why they needlessly risk death.

Demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, on June 7, 2021, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job.
Demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, on June 7, 2021, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job.Read moreYi-Chin Lee / AP
    by Will Bunch | Columnist
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