https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Anti-Vaxxers en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/21/roundup-conspiracies-and-bad-ideas-caught-or-gained-momentum-2023 In 2023, the landscape of conspiracy theories witnessed a significant evolution, with some older conspiratorial ideas surviving into the new year and others moving from the fringe to become influential narratives shaping public discourse and political agendas. QAnon , the… Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:42:39 EST Carmen Celestini, Amarnath Amarasingam 6e4679f3-e515-4063-92fe-063b4da3227e https://religiondispatches.org/2022/07/07/when-religious-freedom-means-freedom-religious-violence Religious freedom has long been a rallying cry of the religious and political right. In recent years, it’s been used to provide a rationale for exemptions from a variety of civil right laws. But at least since January 6 th… Thu, 07 Jul 2022 03:51:18 EDT Frederick Clarkson 290d1d1c-03e0-4adb-99f3-0f1ca77df92b https://religiondispatches.org/2022/02/23/turn-news-some-abortion-opponents-may-opt-new-vaccine-behind-their-skepticism-its-often In my younger, snottier days, I would have made short work of this piece by Jack Jenkins for Religion News Service: Q: Could Novavax win over some religious vaccine skeptics? A: No. This has been another edition of ‘Simple Answers… Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:52:18 EST Daniel Schultz e75359f3-9a2d-4847-9369-8df339555f79 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/02/17/freedom-convoy-inspired-biblical-account-divine-massacre-welcome-jericho-march When a church announces what’s called a Jericho March (or a Jericho Walk), you might picture congregants praying, walking around a building, trumpets blasting and an odd gospel song. You might forget, however, what comes next. From Joshua 6:20-21: When… Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:10:40 EST Thomas Lecaque 90fd100f-40cc-412a-a36f-d308db6bafd5 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/01/19/novak-djokovic-extraordinary-tennis-player-ordinary-orthodox-anti-vaxxer The Serbian tennis champion Novak Djokovic has become a perfectly likely hero in the international movement against Covid-19 vaccinations after his battle with Australian officials ahead of the Australian Open. The all-time great was successfully deported this week after Australia’s… Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:26:13 EST Katherine Kelaidis 1ad80c5f-5e12-4a16-abac-4173741b7464 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/11/welcome-war-what-creationist-conference-can-teach-us-about-evangelical-vaccine When I signed up to attend a 3-day conference at the flagship young-Earth creationist organization Answers in Genesis, I assumed I would be the only person wearing a mask. I was right—kind of. Although none of my fellow attendees was… Mon, 11 Oct 2021 03:30:52 EDT Caroline Matas 1cbf7793-acb3-4b87-994e-056f8be677b3 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/08/vaccine-mandates-are-constitutional-religious-exemptions-are-unnecessary-and-harmful The Spirit of 1776 was as much about science as it was about freedom. George Washington required the entire Continental Army to get inoculated against smallpox—the first army-wide vaccination in history . Mortality dropped from 30% to 1%. Mandatory vaccinations… Fri, 08 Oct 2021 01:38:49 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 4e35e6a1-86ac-4dd6-8bd7-8436038e120a https://religiondispatches.org/2021/07/29/white-evangelical-vaccine-refusal-reminds-us-sometimes-religion-problem This week, you’re likely to encounter a lot of commentary on PRRI and Interfaith Youth Core’s new report on religious groups and vaccine acceptance, most of it optimistic. And to be sure, there are good reasons for optimism relative to… Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:18:45 EDT Chrissy Stroop a22b63c5-cfdb-4adc-bb4b-4ac92f067bd7 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/13/health-freedom-movement-enters-covid-era-disseminating-medical-disinformation “Are imperfect people welcome in the health freedom movement?” asks an email sitting presumptuously at the top of my inbox, piquing my interest just enough not to delete immediately. Below the banner sits a picture of a small medical spray… Thu, 13 May 2021 02:59:52 EDT Susannah Crockford 8e29e28b-82f8-4e39-b740-3c14407f747d https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/12/not-peace-division-evangelical-vaccine-refusers-divide-families A friend of mine was raised in a family that was quirky, sarcastic, into alternative medicine, and, although not overly legalistic, evangelical. This friend was also raised with the notion that the proper Christian approach to voting is to go… Wed, 12 May 2021 02:42:26 EDT Chrissy Stroop 2afb03e6-fa71-4be2-a83b-7d8ea2b03243 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/02/pathological-optimist-documentary-makes-medical-martyr-anti-vax-crusader Every day brings a new tsunami of bullshit, a giant wave of lies flattening our discourse to sticks and rubble. The moment it seems that we might recover—find a moment’s peace for real thought—another great wave slams into shore. While… Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:00:36 EDT Gordon Haber 482f43b0-6be1-4a0d-988e-f3f64dc80dce https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/01/green-candidate-jill-stein-maintains-anti-vaxxer-cred Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presumptive presidential candidate, would like you to know that she believes vaccines are beneficial, unless they’re not. In addition, she believes that she has not seen any evidence for a link between vaccinations and autism—which… Mon, 01 Aug 2016 04:44:02 EDT Michael Schulson 4c47af6c-d9a3-4b61-956e-c73166feb50f https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/01/why-science-needs-neurodiversity-autism-included New York Times science columnist George Johnson had the epistemological grumps last week, about what he titled “The Widening World of Hand-Picked Truths.” It once seemed inevitable that science would replace our faith-based understanding of the world, he argues, but… Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:41:10 EDT Andrew Aghapour 34a19615-fa04-4d5e-b927-3abc935a4797 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/07/herd-heroism-age-rebels-cultural-roots-anti-vaxxer-movement Collect all the evidence that vaccines cause autism and endanger children, and you will have a very, very thin file. Collect all the evidence that there’s an appeal to believing that vaccines cause autism and endanger children, though, and you… Tue, 07 Apr 2015 04:53:30 EDT Michael Schulson dcd33783-6963-4c53-b6e6-0d6858c3ead6 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/02/02/anti-vaxxers-illustrate-danger-overly-broad-religious-freedom-laws In case you haven’t heard, the measles are back. In a big way. Cases of measles have been on the increase in the last few years, and this month an outbreak now reaching at least 94 patients has been tied… Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:26:02 EST Kara Loewentheil 30ea4755-a27c-455a-bc7f-69e6c3354251 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/02/17/science-denial-cant-be-cured-education A recent op-ed correctly compares the anti-science beliefs of creationists and the anti-vaccine movement, but the answer isn’t more facts. Mon, 17 Feb 2014 03:41:28 EST Emma Frances Bloomfield a3c9bece-3f80-4c2b-97a6-01aa49a69f60