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.—
Lily Hyde
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)
News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida)Examples of anti-vax in a Sentence
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In 2022, several musicians including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulled their tracks from Spotify to boycott Rogan’s anti-vax rhetoric.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
The Pentagon’s anti-vax propaganda came in response to China’s own efforts to spread false information about the origins of COVID.
—Chris Bing and Joel Shectman, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
The federal employees reaching out to highlight some of the nutty anti-vax ravings and other nonsense on the sites (often going against the sites’ own rules) were perfectly within their authority to make contact and ask for changes.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2024
The vaccine was discovered faster than any expected; the rollout is still hampered by squabbles over intellectual property and nationalism, inappropriate to a global crisis; the anti-vax hurdle remains difficult.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
The Pentagon’s anti-vax propaganda came in response to China’s own efforts to spread false information about the origins of COVID.
—Chris Bing and Joel Shectman, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
The federal employees reaching out to highlight some of the nutty anti-vax ravings and other nonsense on the sites (often going against the sites’ own rules) were perfectly within their authority to make contact and ask for changes.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2024
The vaccine was discovered faster than any expected; the rollout is still hampered by squabbles over intellectual property and nationalism, inappropriate to a global crisis; the anti-vax hurdle remains difficult.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
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“Anti-vax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vax. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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