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Depends what you mean by anti-vaxer. It goes from crazy conspiracy theorist to people who don't see the point of vaccinating healthy children. I don't think I a

by cm2187 4y ago

Depends what you mean by anti-vaxer. It goes from crazy conspiracy theorist to people who don't see the point of vaccinating healthy children. I don't think I am an anti-vaxer, I got two shots despite having had covid. I totally see the benefits for the population at risk. But for a mild virus like omicron, for a population that wasn't even at risk of the original strain, I just don't see the point of mandating vaccines. It is certainly doing nothing meaningful to transmissions (if it did it would be another matter), and it does have side effects (I spent a full day in bed with fever after the second shot, and this is quite common), and what happened to "my body my choice"? So not being in the population at risk I have no intention to take a booster. Am I an anti-vaxer? I certainly disagree with public health policy in most countries.

octopoc 4y ago
According to Merriam-Webster you are an anti-vaxxer if you oppose the use of some or all vaccines, or if you oppose vaccine mandates, or usually both[1]. So if you oppose vaccinating healthy children then yeah, you are likely an anti-vaxxer. If you also oppose any vaccine mandates then you are definitely an anti-vaxxer. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaxxer https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaxxer
- jhugo 4y ago
  By that definition, "anti-vaxxer" is so broad as to be meaningless. Certainly useful as a way for people not caught up in its expansive definition to feel superior, I guess.
- blub 4y ago
  From your link: “ As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the use of the term anti-vaxxer has both increased and broadened.” It used to refer to parents which completely refused to vaccinate their children. It has transformed into a weapon, like racist, fascist, etc and is used to silence and manipulate discourse.
ClumsyPilot 4y ago
There are many strange effects of covid still being understood, like blood clots: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/covid-patients-may-be-higher-risk-blood-clots-6-months#:~:text=Ho%20and%20Pell%20said%20that%20while%20many%20Omicron,of%20infections%20%2894.5%25%20in%20this%20study%29%2C%22%20they%20wrote.

by cm2187 4y ago

octopoc 4y ago

According to Merriam-Webster you are an anti-vaxxer if you oppose the use of some or all vaccines, or if you oppose vaccine mandates, or usually both[1]. So if you oppose vaccinating healthy children then yeah, you are likely an anti-vaxxer. If you also oppose any vaccine mandates then you are definitely an anti-vaxxer. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaxxer https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaxxer

jhugo 4y ago
By that definition, "anti-vaxxer" is so broad as to be meaningless. Certainly useful as a way for people not caught up in its expansive definition to feel superior, I guess.
blub 4y ago
From your link: “ As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the use of the term anti-vaxxer has both increased and broadened.” It used to refer to parents which completely refused to vaccinate their children. It has transformed into a weapon, like racist, fascist, etc and is used to silence and manipulate discourse.

ClumsyPilot 4y ago

There are many strange effects of covid still being understood, like blood clots: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/covid-patients-may-be-higher-risk-blood-clots-6-months#:~:text=Ho%20and%20Pell%20said%20that%20while%20many%20Omicron,of%20infections%20%2894.5%25%20in%20this%20study%29%2C%22%20they%20wrote.