variants
or less commonly antivax
: anti-vaccination
Aggressive anti-vax campaigns claiming that vaccines are unsafe and can lead to autism—a theory long disproven—drive much of the vaccine hesitancy worldwide.—
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Lily HydeThe governor, who works hard to straddle the line between being antivax and merely being the friend of the anti-vaxxers, didn't mention the word "vaccine" in his address …—News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida)
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Proving once again that anti-vax quack Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to public health, confirmed measles cases in the United States have hit a 33-year high.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
From their strengthened position, in recent months the anti-vax cabal made its big move, executing a silent coup at the pinnacle of our medical establishment.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
The secretary is going after issues that have long been bugaboos of him and his anti-vax group, Children's Health Defense.
—CBS News, 29 June 2025
Hotez, the vaccine researcher, used to see the American anti-vax movement as its own thing, separate from the vaccine skepticism of other countries, which is sometimes tied to a distrust of government that stems from colonial histories, civil wars, and political instability.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
From their strengthened position, in recent months the anti-vax cabal made its big move, executing a silent coup at the pinnacle of our medical establishment.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
The secretary is going after issues that have long been bugaboos of him and his anti-vax group, Children's Health Defense.
—CBS News, 29 June 2025
Hotez, the vaccine researcher, used to see the American anti-vax movement as its own thing, separate from the vaccine skepticism of other countries, which is sometimes tied to a distrust of government that stems from colonial histories, civil wars, and political instability.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
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“Anti-vax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vax. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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