unvaxed
Skipped the needle
Unvaxed is informal for unvaccinated—not having received a vaccine, especially the COVID-19 vaccine.
The term gained wide currency during the pandemic, often carrying political or cultural overtones: The restaurant had separate seating for vaxed and unvaxed customers.
Also spelled unvaxxed.
Independent decision-making capacity
- refusalAct of declining
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- opt-outChoose not to participate
declination · hesitancy · personal · rights · bodily · sovereignty · religious · philosophical
Open to attack
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
- exposureState of being unprotected
outbreak · complications · hospitalization · contagion · spread · unprotected · disease · morbidity
Formal authoritative directive
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- stigmaMark of dishonor
conspiracy · skepticism · protest · passports · restrictions · backlash · activism · propaganda
Not protected by vaccine
- unjabbedWithout injection received
- pure-bloodHaving unmixed ancestry
- naturalNot artificially produced
- untreatedNot given care
unmodified · unaltered · unexposed · virgin
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
opt-out · declination · hesitancy · personal · rights · bodily · sovereignty · religious · philosophical · medical
vulnerable
Open to attack
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
exposure · outbreak · complications · hospitalization · contagion · spread · unprotected · disease · morbidity · mortality
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
stigma · conspiracy · skepticism · protest · passports · restrictions · backlash · activism · propaganda · coercion
unimmunized
Not protected by vaccine
- unjabbedWithout injection received
- pure-bloodHaving unmixed ancestry
- naturalNot artificially produced
untreated · unmodified · unaltered · unexposed · virgin