Someone who actually listens to scientific evidence and ignores scaremongering tactics by snake oil salesmen, and vaccinated themselves and their children to protect themselves, their children, and the vulnerable in society from preventable disease
by Golanth January 01, 2019
A person who rejects vaccines because they are under the mistaken impression that they are unsafe or useless.
Comparable to people who reject evolution, anti-vaxxers ignore the evidence that vaccines have saved millions of lives around the world. They dismiss the fact that diseases such as measles and diphtheria can kill, and do kill thousands of children who lack the privilege of easy access to vaccines.
The modern anti-vax movement was ignited by Andrew Wakefield, a surgeon who published fraudulent data in 1998 suggesting the MMR vaccine caused autism. The British media fell for it and stirred up a public panic. Vaccine uptake fell leading to an epidemic in Wales in 2013 affecting 1200 people, with almost 100 hospitalisations and 1 death.
Wakefield was struck off the UK medical register in 2010. Among other things, he had ordered unethical, invasive procedures on children including colonoscopies and spinal taps. Anti-vaxxers nevertheless treat him as a Messiah figure, only interested in children's welfare.
Many anti-vaxxers are part of the new age, pro-organic food brigade who rant endlessly about alleged toxins in vaccines yet will happily give bleach enemas or colloidal silver to autistic children to "cure" them.
Chiropractors, homeopathy advocates and other pseudoscientific or alternative health nuts are often anti-vaxxers. They say Big Pharma is only in it for the money before trying to sell you their measles-preventing coconut oil remedy.
Comparable to people who reject evolution, anti-vaxxers ignore the evidence that vaccines have saved millions of lives around the world. They dismiss the fact that diseases such as measles and diphtheria can kill, and do kill thousands of children who lack the privilege of easy access to vaccines.
The modern anti-vax movement was ignited by Andrew Wakefield, a surgeon who published fraudulent data in 1998 suggesting the MMR vaccine caused autism. The British media fell for it and stirred up a public panic. Vaccine uptake fell leading to an epidemic in Wales in 2013 affecting 1200 people, with almost 100 hospitalisations and 1 death.
Wakefield was struck off the UK medical register in 2010. Among other things, he had ordered unethical, invasive procedures on children including colonoscopies and spinal taps. Anti-vaxxers nevertheless treat him as a Messiah figure, only interested in children's welfare.
Many anti-vaxxers are part of the new age, pro-organic food brigade who rant endlessly about alleged toxins in vaccines yet will happily give bleach enemas or colloidal silver to autistic children to "cure" them.
Chiropractors, homeopathy advocates and other pseudoscientific or alternative health nuts are often anti-vaxxers. They say Big Pharma is only in it for the money before trying to sell you their measles-preventing coconut oil remedy.
That anti-vaxxer is so clueless they think the flu jab will give them flu
I'm not an anti-vaxxer, but I do think that polio isn't a serious disease and that vaccines destroy the brains of children making them autistic as part of a holocaust engineered by Bill Gates
I'm not an anti-vaxxer, but I do think that polio isn't a serious disease and that vaccines destroy the brains of children making them autistic as part of a holocaust engineered by Bill Gates
by VaccineTruthUK August 29, 2015
by OnlineViaVPN March 18, 2019
Someone who thinks that links from the 3rd page of a Google search have more credibility than licensed doctors who spend their entire professional lives treating patients.
by Polarisnc August 30, 2015
Someone who isn't an anti-vaxxer, who listens to professionals with years of study and research under their belts, and who gets an expert opinion on matters instead of google or 'mommy bloggers'.
Sally is a pro-vaxxer, she's like everyone else who vaccinates their kids unlike anti-vaxxers who think they know better than someone with years of study and research.
by DoctorPerri January 02, 2019
by Doctor Fauci the HIV murderer December 07, 2021
Pro-Vaxxer: noun
Someone that has evaluated empirical, objective, and unbiased research into immunology (and associated scientific disciplines); versus “natural”, “holistic”, and/or other unproven/unprovable treatments; and has determined that: 1) immunology is a sound and proven science, 2) that the claims of those that deny, question, or attempt to repudiate vaccines and vaccination are meritless and very often conflicting with reality, and 3) that many of the more outrageous claims of vaccine detractors (such as vaccines containing human DNA from aborted fetuses) are unfounded rhetoric at best...and fear mongering at worst.
Someone that has evaluated empirical, objective, and unbiased research into immunology (and associated scientific disciplines); versus “natural”, “holistic”, and/or other unproven/unprovable treatments; and has determined that: 1) immunology is a sound and proven science, 2) that the claims of those that deny, question, or attempt to repudiate vaccines and vaccination are meritless and very often conflicting with reality, and 3) that many of the more outrageous claims of vaccine detractors (such as vaccines containing human DNA from aborted fetuses) are unfounded rhetoric at best...and fear mongering at worst.
Noun - The pro-vaxxer patiently explained to the new mother that the stories she had heard about strange and icky things in vaccines were just stories meant to scare her.
by George Nada January 02, 2019