People believed bullshit then just as much as they believe the pseudoscience now.
Logic seldom appears in their thought process. Just feelz. No science, no real evidence, no “studies” that have any merit:
Thus it is for the followers of the beliefs of RFK. No evidence, just what they want to believe. Especially about vaccines.
But truth maters not.
Of course not. It’s all about the feelz… always has been, as you indicated!