Anti-vaxxer

Bill Gates: Anti-vaccine attitudes in rich countries makes herd immunity for measles impossible

Gates said that vaccine hesitancy had at least not spread to lower-income countries, where measles can be much deadlier than in richer countries due to malnutrition and healthcare gaps.

Bill Gates departs following a closed door interview before the House Oversight Committee investigating late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, June 10, 2026.
A vial of MMR vaccine is prepared at Doctor Gary M. Kramer, MD, PA's Pediatric office on September 12, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida

Trump order reduces US vaccine schedule, seeks to split MMR shot, cites autism diagnoses

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020

US CDC will not publish report showing COVID vaccine effectiveness

 Doctors treating a baby incubated suffering from a measles infection; illustrative

Measles outbreak: 11 children hospitalized, three in serious condition


Police investigates anti-vaxxers’ threats against senior health official

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expresses solidarity with head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis.

 Israel's head of public health Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Coronavirus: How does misinformation spread, and how can we stop it?

Coronavirus misinformation is massively harmful. How, then, do we combat such claims?

 A man wears an anti-vaccine button as people and teachers protest against New York City mandated vaccines

Senate candidate cancels fundraiser over host's anti-vaxx swastika profile photo

Aside from her antisemitic profile picture, Bettina Sofia Viviano-Langlais also hosted a mask-burning bonfire last year.

 Former college football star and current senatorial candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally in Perry, Georgia, US.

People are being too optimistic about the end of COVID-19

Vaccinated people who think the COVID-19 pandemic is over are compared to Pollyana - a character who is eternally, and sometimes unreasonably, optimistic

Illustrative photo of people walking in Jerusalem with masks, July 15, 2021.

Anchorage mayor defends anti-maskers who wore yellow Stars of David

The mayor of Alaska’s largest city defended anti-maskers who wore yellow Stars of David in reference to the Holocaust, calling their use of the Nazi-era symbol a “credit” to the Jewish people.

People attend a march in New York against antisemitism wearing yellow stars which read never again, January 5, 2020.

Couple may divorce over vaccine conflict

The wife is the only one currently working, but she's not allowed to go to work until she vaccinates, which she refuses to do.

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COVID-19: 11 ways to differentiate real, fake news about pandemic - opinion

Is there no way to differentiate between truth and falsehood in today’s hyperpolarized media environment?

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Israeli anti-vaxx leader dies of COVID-19

Hai Shaulian died from the effects of coronavirus on Monday, claiming he had been poisoned by police.

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021.

Anti-vaxx leader's COVID death could have been avoided, says brother

"My mother is devastated, the family is torn apart," Shaulian said. "Save your lives, think of your families, parents, children."

 Anti Covid-19 vaccine injection activists protest outside a vaccination center of  Magen David Adom, in Jerusalem,

Montreal anti-vaxxer: No yellow star but vaccine mandates like Holocaust

Of the many anti-vaxxers to don the yellow star, Bitondo appears to be one of the few to take proactive, public steps to understand why so many people objected to it.

A Holocaust survivor wears a yellow star during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem