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


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


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...


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


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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




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