0 used to describe a person or group that does not agree with vaccinating people (= giving them injections to prevent disease) and spreads and encourages opinions against vaccines:
They recommended standard childhood vaccinations, going against their anti-vax fringe elements who advocate homeopathic prophylaxis.
Many of the mistruths of the world's antivax movement originate on her site.
How about the anti-vax movement, which is responsible for the growth in polio, diphtheria, measles and other easily preventable diseases?
When we see anti-vaxx misinformation on social media, we must resist falling into the trap of engaging with it, which only spreads it further.
The narrative behind every anti-vax message is: “COVID-19 isn’t dangerous; vaccines are dangerous; you can’t trust doctors or scientists."
The organization notes that social media firms' annual revenue from the "anti-vaxx industry", linked mostly to advertising, is estimated at £750m.
