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jryan49 · on July 22, 2022

Pretty sure anti-vax sentiment has existed ever since vaccines have...

kergonath · on July 22, 2022

Yea, it has. Ever since Jenner and Pasteur did it.

thinkcontext · on July 22, 2022

Earlier. In 1721 in Boston, a bomb was thrown at proponent of smallpox inoculation. There were far earlier methods than that, I assume they too faced witchcraft-like accusations and such.

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/special-edition-on-infect...

ugjka · on July 22, 2022

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chitowneats · on July 22, 2022

Peak HN comment.

Yes I'm sure this ultra-orthodox community of Hasidic Jews was indoctrinated into anti-vax beliefs on Facebook

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ugjka · on July 22, 2022

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chitowneats · on July 22, 2022

Funny. The article doesn't mention Latvia at all. Nor does it mention COVID.

ugjka · on July 22, 2022

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chitowneats · on July 22, 2022

92% of Americans are vaccinated for polio by age 2. We are not talking about the same disease nor are we talking about the same vaccines.

Non-vaccination for polio is an extreme position in the U.S., often only held by fundamentalist religious communities.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/immunize.htm