The reality is that antivax lawmakers are by and large radical populists from the extreme ends of political spectrum, exploiting the weaknesses of the uneducated (and typically most vulnerable) portion of the electorate.<p>Most of them are also political opportunists, knowingly lying and manipulating the weakest in our societies.<p>Their political work mostly boils down to amplifying harmful misinformation and giving it legitimacy and credibility through their office — all for their selfish political ends.<p>That being said, they <i>are</i> democratically elected representatives, and banning them from the democratic process rightfully raises questions about legitimacy of such measures, regardless of morality of their political ways.<p>But in addressing those questions, we have to consider consequences of their political action, which are accounted in tens or even hundreds of human lives lost EACH DAY.<p>What do we value more? Human lives, or the right of immoral political actors to exploit the drawbacks and imperfections of our fragile democratic processes?