NEW: anti-vaxx pols under fire amid corona outbreak In VT’s Gov race, the Lt. Gov—a Bernie protege and 2020 surrogate—is taking new hits from primary opponent for opposition to mandated vaccinations. w/ @hollyotterbein @AliceOllstein Here’s him in 2018: politico.com/news/2020/03/21…

It’s sets up an interesting test if being anti-vaxx—a quietly growing force on the left and the right and around the world as formerly fringe figures have found platforms on social—is politically untenable w/ corona. Past R opponents have hit Zuckerman for his stances and he won

Not the first anti-vaxx figure on the left w/ ties to Bernie this cycle. Marianne Williamson was another. Many in the movement have adjusted their rhetoric in recent years to say they believe in vaccine science, they just don’t believe in the govt. mandating them