unvaccinated
Lacking protective injections
Unvaccinated describes someone who has not received a vaccine, particularly against a specific disease: unvaccinated children, the unvaccinated population.
The term gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, often carrying political or social weight in debates over public health mandates: The restaurant banned unvaccinated patrons.
Easily influenced or harmed
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- exposureState of being unprotected
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
complications · mortality · preventable · outbreak · contagion · spread · carrier · hospitalization
Prolonged public disagreement
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- choiceAct of selecting
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
consent · polarization · misinformation · policy · legislation · protest · advocacy · opposition
Formal surrender of rights
- religiousOf faith or worship
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- medicalOf healthcare practice
- opt-outChoose not to participate
contraindication · allergy · immunocompromised · ineligible · dispensation · noncompliance · accommodation · deferral
Without safeguard or shield
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- seronegativeWithout antibodies present
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
antibodies · seropositive · disease · records · verification · passport · tracking · registry
susceptible
Easily influenced or harmed
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- exposureState of being unprotected
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
transmission · complications · mortality · preventable · outbreak · contagion · spread · carrier · hospitalization · severity
controversy
Prolonged public disagreement
autonomy · consent · polarization · misinformation · policy · legislation · protest · advocacy · opposition · compulsion
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- religiousOf faith or worship
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- medicalOf healthcare practice
opt-out · contraindication · allergy · immunocompromised · ineligible · dispensation · noncompliance · accommodation · deferral · documentation
unprotected
Without safeguard or shield
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- seronegativeWithout antibodies present
- immunizationProtective medical injection
inoculation · antibodies · seropositive · disease · records · verification · passport · tracking · registry · certificate
- vaccination statusimmunized, boosted, up to date, current, expired
- sensitivitysensitivity, sensitive, hypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
unvaccinatedvaccinated
Given disease prevention
immunized · inoculated · jabbed · vaxxed · boosted
unvaccinatedimmune
Protected from harm
protected · insusceptible · unsusceptible · resistant · immunocompetent
vaccine, vaccination, vaccinate, vaccinated, vaccines, vaccinators, vaccinator, revaccination, revaccinate