What exactly IS an "Anti Vaxxer"?

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A formal definition for this term is offered by Merriam-Webster.

Definition of anti-vaxxer - Merriam-Webster

Debates over COVID have made this term a popular choice to describe those with objections to vaccines for the virus.  

What exactly do you consider an Anti Vaxxer to be? What arguments and perspectives do you classify as attributable to an Anti Vaxxer?

Be specific, avoiding broad generalizations.

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Antivaxxers are people who promote thinking which leads to lower vaccination rates.  They defend the arguments used by people to justify not vaccinating.  

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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Antivaxxers are people who promote thinking which leads to lower vaccination rates.  They defend the arguments used by people to justify not vaccinating.  

It is, in fact, that simple.

The more people who are vaccinated and take sensible precautions, the fewer people will die.

 

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9 minutes ago, hherrn said:

It is, in fact, that simple.

The more people who are vaccinated and take sensible precautions, the fewer people will die.

 

And your message is appropriate for most of these threads. 

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An anti vaxxer is usually a Pro Life person. 

It's their body so you can't mandate them to put anything in, however a woman's body isn't hers, so they can mandate her health! 

Lovely irony and hypocrisy, isn't it? ??

How about an anti vaxxer is the type of person that attacks nurses because of a conspiracy theory? 

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On 9/17/2021 at 7:45 PM, jive turkey said:

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Where I see grey areas is with some of the diseases that aren't as lethal in certain cohorts vs others such as varicella, influenza, COVID. 

 

While varicella may seem Innocuous people have had severe cases and if the leason are near an eye they can actually cause blindness.

I am one of six kids and my crazy mother hosted a Chicken Pox party. We all mingled, had cake, swam in the pool etc.... and every singleone of us got Chicken Pox. At that time there was no Varicella vaccine available at that time. I my adult years I have had four shingles outbreaks. I had to argue with my insurance to get the shingles vaccine, but I finally got one. BTW millions of people get the flu each year and thousands die.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, December 3). 2019-2020 U.S. flu season: Preliminary in-season burden estimates. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved September 30, 2021, from https://www.CDC.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm.

Interesting to note is that I have asthma and get a flu like illness every year. It often serious enough to resullt in severe symptom and multiple days of missed work. This year with the consistent use of a mask, hand sanitizer and social distancing I have not been sick at all.

Hppy

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