anti-vax
Against the jab
Anti-vax describes opposition to vaccines or vaccination programs.
The term typically refers to people who refuse vaccines for themselves or their children based on concerns about safety, distrust of pharmaceutical companies, or conspiracy theories about government mandates: The anti-vax movement gained momentum through social media.
Also appears as antivax.
Someone holding these views is an anti-vaxxer.
Absence of confidence
- fearEmotional response to threat
- hesitancyUnwillingness to proceed
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
anxiety · doubt · wariness · uncertainty · cognitive bias · confirmation bias · motivated reasoning · tribalism
Formal argument on issues
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- parental rightsLegal power over children
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
activism · religious exemption · vaccine mandate · medical freedom · informed consent · opt-out · refusal · petition
Attributed to hidden plotters
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
- WakefieldWest Yorkshire municipality
- celebrity endorsementFamous person promoting products
- alternative factsLies presented as truth
Reluctance to accept immunization
- vaccine refusalDeclining immunization treatment
- Facebook groupSocial media collective
- online communityDigital gathering place online
- wellness influencerPerson promoting healthy living online
vaccine skeptic · documentary · testimonial · anecdote · support group · alternative medicine · crunchy mom · Robert Kennedy Jr
Sudden eruption of trouble
- whooping coughRespiratory infection with characteristic bark
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
- disease transmissionSpread of illness
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
quarantine · travel restriction · complication · mortality · intensive care
distrust
Absence of confidence
- fearEmotional response to threat
- hesitancyUnwillingness to proceed
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
suspicion · anxiety · doubt · wariness · uncertainty · cognitive bias · confirmation bias · motivated reasoning · tribalism · identity
debate
Formal argument on issues
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- parental rightsLegal power over children
protest · activism · religious exemption · vaccine mandate · medical freedom · informed consent · opt-out · refusal · petition · rally
conspiracy theory
Attributed to hidden plotters
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
- WakefieldWest Yorkshire municipality
- celebrity endorsementFamous person promoting products
alternative facts · echo chamber · fact-check · scaremongering
vaccine hesitancy
Reluctance to accept immunization
- vaccine refusalDeclining immunization treatment
- Facebook groupSocial media collective
- online communityDigital gathering place online
wellness influencer · vaccine skeptic · documentary · testimonial · anecdote · support group · alternative medicine · crunchy mom · Robert Kennedy Jr
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
- whooping coughRespiratory infection with characteristic bark
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
- disease transmissionSpread of illness
epidemic · quarantine · travel restriction · complication · mortality · intensive care
- Misconceptionsmisconception, myth, fallacy, false belief, mistaken belief
- Conspiraciesconspiracy, deep state, new world order, chemtrails, flat earth
- denialismclimate denial, Holocaust denial, vaccine denial, denialism, anti-science
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
- Science Debatesclimate change, global warming, evolution debate, vaccine safety, creationism
- health stancespro-vaccine, anti-vaccine, pro-life, pro-choice, anti-smoking