Posted on 03/21/2022 11:04:21 AM PDT by dennisw
How vaccination status might predict views on the Russian invasion of Ukraine New poll indicates that “vaccine refusers are much more sympathetic to Russia.”
Unvaccinated Canadians are about 12 times more likely than those who received three doses to believe Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was justified, according to a new survey by national polling firm EKOS.
The poll found 26 per cent of those who identified as unvaccinated agreed the Russian invasion is justified, with another 35 per cent not offering an opinion. This compared to only two per cent of surveyed Canadians who said they had three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and who supported the attack, and four per cent who offered no view.
EKOS president Frank Graves said vaccination status strongly predicts views on the war, from seizing the property of Russian oligarchs to providing non-military aid to Ukraine. In each case, a vast majority of vaccinated Canadians agreed with measures to help Ukraine and oppose Russia, a view held by only a small minority of unvaccinated people.
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The EKOS survey — conducted from March 9 to March 13 and using a random sample of 1,035 Canadians — concludes that a “plurality of vaccine refusers are much more sympathetic to Russia.” The survey has a reported margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Ten per cent of those surveyed, or about 105 people, identified as being unvaccinated. National vaccination statistics show around 11 per cent of Canadians five and up have not received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Of those Canadians who received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the study found 82 per cent agreed with imposing tougher sanctions on Russia even if it meant higher fuel and food prices at home. Only 18 per cent of unvaccinated people concurred.
Eighty-five per cent of vaccinated people agree the country should take in Ukrainian refugees versus 30 per cent of unvaccinated Canadians.
While 88 per cent of vaccinated Canadians agree Russia is committing war crimes during the widely condemned invasion, 32 per cent of unvaccinated people do.
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So there’s a correlation between being dumb enough to believe the MSM about the vaccine and being dumb enough to believe the MSM about Ukraine?
Just because THEY ALIGN WITH ME, I’m the one who can’t see something?
You are mentally disturbed if you think you are PRO FREEDOM and then pick a KGB thug war criminal because other tyrants are against him.
Exactly right.
True, but there's a third choice.
I say support the 44 million people of Ukraine and their will to remove the evil invader from their country, Putin. And they are doing it without any help from NATO and the EU.
Sounds like a populous thing to me.
Of course the western establishment media is pushing propaganda. They want to get their hooks into Ukraine, like Putin wants to do the same.
Don't support either. Support the Ukrainian people in their fight agains the invader. And then support the Ukrainian people against the encroachment of the corrupt western establishment.
You know kind of like we in this country who have to rid ourselves of the same global corrupt establishment.
Our would you welcome a Putin invasion here too to solve that problem?
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