: 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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As a journalist, the debate over vaccine policy and the rationales of the people behind the anti-vaccination movement fascinate me, even as the work comes with the weight of reporting on what can be, in some cases, life-or-death stakes.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2025
Dooley, 26, is a filmmaker involved who sits on a committee for MAHA Action, a group founded in December with some of Kennedy's former presidential campaign staffers and is run by a prominent anti-vaccination film producer.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Although religious exemptions were not recognized by law until the 1960s, some resisted these vaccination campaigns from the beginning, and 19th-century anti-vaccination societies urged the rollback of state laws requiring vaccination.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Now, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a longtime vocal anti-vaccination activist, wants to make big changes, perhaps even eliminating some vaccines.
—Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2025
Dooley, 26, is a filmmaker involved who sits on a committee for MAHA Action, a group founded in December with some of Kennedy's former presidential campaign staffers and is run by a prominent anti-vaccination film producer.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Although religious exemptions were not recognized by law until the 1960s, some resisted these vaccination campaigns from the beginning, and 19th-century anti-vaccination societies urged the rollback of state laws requiring vaccination.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Now, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a longtime vocal anti-vaccination activist, wants to make big changes, perhaps even eliminating some vaccines.
—Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Anti-vaccination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaccination. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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