Many Republicans are now opposed to all mandatory vaccines in schools

A plurality of Americans say they oppose vaccine mandates in schools, driven by Republicans.

But! Ask if they support "requiring" vaccines like the standard MMR shot and … there's still a big partisan gulf. https://t.co/U6PN5zVb6B pic.twitter.com/c4TiwZdtvq

— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 18, 2022

A couple words notably absent from NRSC’s release on the vote on school vaccine mandates: “coronavirus” or “covid.”

As with so much of the rhetoric, it could be read to apply to plenty of other vaccines — and doesn’t delineate. pic.twitter.com/BNpQmZytYW

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) February 18, 2022

Cruz is describing it as an "abuse of power" for schools to require vaccines, something that schools have done for generations before covid existed.

— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) February 17, 2022

dem split on this question is 64/20, gop split is 14/74 https://t.co/8RHtrEd0fd

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 16, 2022

Analysis: The GOP’s anti-vaccine mandate push is seeping into other vaccines — and schools https://t.co/TDR4CZUxFB

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 26, 2022

I just had a patient refuse a tetanus vaccination. Curious if we are going to see eradicated and rare lethal illnesses start to resurface… the misinformation and politicalization of vaccines has to stop.

— Michelle Romeo, MD (@doctormromeo) February 10, 2022

It will be along time before we can adequately calculate the damage done by an anti-vaccine media push solely to deny Biden from fulfilling a campaign promise, but it will be immense. https://t.co/l9gsu49qk4

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 17, 2022

In 2010, Republicans were *more* trusting of doctors' medical advice than Democrats were. Now, they trust doctors less https://t.co/nz5wEa7Egc pic.twitter.com/0VtlwPummZ

— Olga Khazan (@olgakhazan) February 16, 2022