antivaxxer
noun[C]
informal(alsoanti-vaxxer,anti vaxxer)uk/ˌæn.tiˈvæks.ər/us/ˌæn.t̬i.ˈvæks.ɚ/someone who does notagreewithvaccinatingpeople(= giving theminjectionstopreventdisease)andspreadsandencouragesopinionsagainstvaccines:
One antivaxxerchangedherpositionwhen three of herchildrencontractedwhoopingcough.当她自己孩子中有三个染上百日咳的时候,这名反对疫苗接种的母亲改变了立场。
Anti-vaxxersseeCOVID-19 as anopportunitytorapidlycreatewidespreadhesitancyforvaccinesagainst COVID-19 and,indeed, for allvaccines.
- She is afanaticalantivaxxer who is often referred to as a "researchscientist", but herfieldwasstudyingfossils.
- Some haveproposedcriminalizinganti-vaxxers whodeliberatelyspreaddangerousmisinformation.
- Anti-vaxxers have gone intooverdrive, saying COVIDvaccineswillchangeourDNA,implantmicrochipsorsterilizeus all.
- He is anantivaxxer (althoughhedislikestheterm) whobelievesthepharmaceuticalindustryiscorrupt, and that it’sattemptingtospinup a coronavirusvaccinetooquickly.
Immunology & vaccination
- active immunity
- anti-vax
- antibody
- antigen
- antigenic
- antiserum
- antivenin
- gamma globulin
- immune response
- immunity
- immunization
- immunocompromised
- immunology
- immunosuppressed
- inoculate
- inoculation
- jag
- vaccinate
- vaccination
- vax