The entire vaxx movement was based on politics, not science (and I think you have said this before). People who leaned left wouldn't take the vaxx if Trump was president, but became religious vaxx proponents as soon as Joe Dementia became president.
And now those same people are paying the price. They can't admit they screwed up because of cognitive dissonance. I think that is now called "Oakism". Palumboism without the belly, lol.