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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:10 PM Apr 2020

What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on anti-vaxxers?

Not long after the COVID-19 pandemic began, hopes for a vaccine were raised. Even US president, Donald Trump, a former vaccine skeptic, demanded a coronavirus vaccine, saying: “Do me a favor, speed it up, speed it up.”

So where does that leave the “anti-vaxxers” – those who are critical or oppose vaccination. Will they now be quiet in the face of a real-life reminder of a time before vaccines controlled many diseases?

During a pandemic, the position of those who oppose vaccination is often voiced, even if a vaccine is not yet available.

Some celebrities and high-profile personalities have also spoken out about their unwillingness to have a vaccine. The British rapper MIA, for example, attracted controversy for her tweet: “If I have to choose the vaccine or chip I’m gonna choose death. YALA.”.

MIA experienced a significant backlash from many followers who disagreed with her views. Indeed, in general, the heightened stakes of a very present disease threat may lead to a stronger countering by those who are in support of vaccination.

https://news.yahoo.com/impact-covid-19-pandemic-anti-112405876.html

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What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on anti-vaxxers? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
They will probably die. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #1
I wouldn't mind then getting a dose of something non-fatal but extremely painful... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #2
I love it when people who are protected by herd immunity dis those that get it. flying_wahini Apr 2020 #3
I had measles as an infant gopiscrap Apr 2020 #10
They are very vocal Tree-Hugger Apr 2020 #4
I'd just tell them to fuck off. Initech Apr 2020 #6
I'm surprised.... Tree-Hugger Apr 2020 #9
It's a melting pot of crazy. Initech Apr 2020 #11
They will probably produce data Chainfire Apr 2020 #5
I think it will have little to no impact. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #7
If there is a strong counter push to the anti-vaxx movement? peggysue2 Apr 2020 #8
I watched a great PBS show sometime last week about polio. llmart Apr 2020 #16
It will have zero impact Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #12
You are most likely right. n/t Jamastiene Apr 2020 #18
Tell them to imagine a world without ONE particular vaccine dalton99a Apr 2020 #13
They'll join the "it's an artificial virus" conspiracies? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 #14
Hopefully thin the herd ibegurpard Apr 2020 #15
Natural selection, probably. Jamastiene Apr 2020 #17

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. I wouldn't mind then getting a dose of something non-fatal but extremely painful...
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:19 PM
Apr 2020

They can blow all the smoke they want about flu and measles shots but they never lived through polio or cholera epidemics.

Any of them ever met a smallpox or tuberculosis sufferer?

flying_wahini

(6,513 posts)
3. I love it when people who are protected by herd immunity dis those that get it.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:19 PM
Apr 2020


They STILL think that measles mumps and rubella are no big deal. That vaccines cause
autism, (it doesn’t).

New research shows that measles are especially dangerous to ANYone that catches them.
Measles breaks the ‘code’ of the system (no recovery) and then resets the immune
system with grave outcomes; Higher rates of cancer and other life threatening diseases.

Anti Vaccine believers is Darwinism at it’s finest.
My gut punch is all the children who will suffer.

Tree-Hugger

(3,364 posts)
4. They are very vocal
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:24 PM
Apr 2020

I see a lot of anti-vaxxers in some facebook groups. They are extremely vocal against any kind of vaccine for coronavirus. A good bunch of them peddle conspiracy theories about how this is all orchestrated to create a new vaccine an impose more forced injections.....chips.....5G....blah blah blah.

Initech

(99,909 posts)
6. I'd just tell them to fuck off.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:35 PM
Apr 2020

Get cured or you will suffer the consequences. Just don't drag me with you.

Tree-Hugger

(3,364 posts)
9. I'm surprised....
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:38 PM
Apr 2020

....at how many there are in my area. I have joined a bunch of local mom groups on Facebook in recent months mainly to talk about school, local activities, camps, good local coupons, etc. I've learned that there are more anti-vaxx than I initially thought in my community. I also learned why I see a few cars with "Q" stickers around here.

Initech

(99,909 posts)
11. It's a melting pot of crazy.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 06:31 PM
Apr 2020

Q Anon truthers, anti-vaxxers, flat earthers, Corona conspirators... same brand of crazy, different packaging.

Chainfire

(17,304 posts)
5. They will probably produce data
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:30 PM
Apr 2020

to show that people who died from coronavirus died because they had received earlier vaccinations.

cayugafalls

(5,629 posts)
7. I think it will have little to no impact.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:37 PM
Apr 2020

They comment on news threads with conspiracy theories and bullshit regarding the coming vaccine and its use to control and track the masses.

They are crazy. No amount of evidence will sway their thinking.

Sure a few of them might change their tune, but from the few anti-vaxxers I know, their beliefs are steadfast.

I used to run a trading card game league and we got all kinds of people including anti-vaxxers coming to play and I got a chance to talk to them and see what was up with their views. Smart people, except they firmly believed that vaccinations were used to control and mark people (and spread autism).

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
8. If there is a strong counter push to the anti-vaxx movement?
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:38 PM
Apr 2020

It's well overdue.

This nonsense is just another link in the anti-intellectual sentiment that's been allowed to run wild through the country with injurious effect. One of the greatest developments in public health has been vaccination for a variety of deadly diseases, many of which killed children before they reached adulthood.

Anyone who has a living memory of polio, for instance, gets the point of vaccination. My uncle spent 14 months in an Iron Lung after which he was taught to breathe using his diaphragm. He was one of the lucky few who still had 12% lung capacity after the disease ravaged his body.

There should be no coddling of fringe-believers, particularly when the so-called 'belief' impacts the public health system. It's simply selfish and stupid; it should be called out for what it is.

Enough already! Let the pushback begin.

llmart

(15,499 posts)
16. I watched a great PBS show sometime last week about polio.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 07:04 PM
Apr 2020

Can't remember the name of it, but it was a reminder of what some of us oldsters remember from our youth.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
13. Tell them to imagine a world without ONE particular vaccine
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 06:45 PM
Apr 2020

Shit, it's the nightmare we're living in right now

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
17. Natural selection, probably.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 07:06 PM
Apr 2020

We will know the ones who survive probably don't practice what they peach about incessantly. It's irritating.

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