: opposed to vaccination
But state health officials and vaccine proponents have argued that unvaccinated children pose a health risk to others. They point to the recent measles outbreak in Johnson County and elsewhere, a disease that has reappeared since the anti-vaccination movement has grown.—
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Sarah RitterAnti-vaccination parents have slammed a new law that bans unimmunised children from kindergartens.—Thomas Duff
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But these statistics have not deterred a persistent anti-vaccination movement that expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Russia has long stoked the anti-vaccination movement in America to undermine our public health, so having leading vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of America’s Health and Human Services Department is a huge Kremlin win.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
This vaccine saved millions of lives and allowed Americans to return to work and school safely.
RFK Jr. helped spread anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, fueling a measles outbreak in Samoa that led to the deaths of 83 people, primarily infants and children.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
At the same time, anti-vaccination movements represented a reaction against Progressive successes in increasing government control over public health.
—Helen L. Murphey / Made By History, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
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Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Russia has long stoked the anti-vaccination movement in America to undermine our public health, so having leading vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of America’s Health and Human Services Department is a huge Kremlin win.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
This vaccine saved millions of lives and allowed Americans to return to work and school safely.
RFK Jr. helped spread anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, fueling a measles outbreak in Samoa that led to the deaths of 83 people, primarily infants and children.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
At the same time, anti-vaccination movements represented a reaction against Progressive successes in increasing government control over public health.
—Helen L. Murphey / Made By History, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Anti-vaccination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaccination. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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