anti-vax

• antivax, antivaxx, anti-vaxx

From anti- +‎ vax.

anti-vax (not comparable)

1. (informal) Opposing vaccines and vaccination.

   Synonyms: anti-vaccination, anti-vaccine, (informal) anti-vaxxing

   Antonyms: pro-vaccination, pro-vaccine, (informal) pro-vax, (informal) pro-vaxxing

   • 2015 January 21, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, “How Fashion Helped Defeat 18th-Century Anti-Vaxxers”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     And, indeed, fashion is already doing its part in the form of pro-vaxx and anti-vaxx T-shirts. Many of the anti-vaxx versions come pre-loaded with Libertarian subtext.

   • 2020 June 18, Kiera Butler, “The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders”, in Mother Jones:

     Online anti-vax communities, most of which are on Facebook, have taken on a very different tone.

   • 2020 September 8, Michael Hiltzik, “Column: Trump attacks Biden and Harris as anti-vaccine, but he’s the one with the anti-vaxx record”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2]:

     Donald Trump’s habit of projecting his own failings onto his adversaries reached a new level of absurdity on Labor Day, when he attacked the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for “reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric” and accused them of a position that “undermines science.”

   • 2021 January 30, Nick Cohen, “Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history. Look at Andrew Wakefield”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     The anti-vaxx movement punches down and punches hard. Its leaders tend to be men and women from wealthy backgrounds.

   • 2023 February 18, Tim Elliott, “‘He’s exploiting people who are genuinely scared’: Avi Yemini and the art of outrage”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎^[4]:

     Fernando’s sympathetic coverage of the protests and his coded anti-vax talk made him a folk hero among COVID denialists and anti-lockdowners, who would chant his name whenever he showed up at rallies, and even offer him cash.