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There was a moral panic in the 1990s about the MMR vaccine causing autism, this should definitely be part of the article. Would need to dig into the groups who were advocating against it, but they definitely exist. AtFirstLight ( talk) 22:24, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
In the last sentence of the 1st paragraph of the history section “targeted” is not the right word because the sentence can easily be read (as I read it the first time) as saying that the anti-vaxx movement has increasingly been attacking conservatives, which is the opposite of the intended meaning. The end of that sentence could be changed to something like “has increasingly been recruiting conservatives” or “has increasingly become aligned with the right wing in US politics”. NightHeron ( talk) 10:01, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Anti-vaccine activism's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Pepys":
Reference named "AgeOld":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT ⚡ 01:25, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
The use of "Early history" and "Modern developments" feels awkward. I admit it might still be somewhat awkward, but would breaking the history out by century be useful? Almost all of the "early history" organizations were FORMED in the 19th century. There was a "slow" period in the early to mid 20th century, followed by the Lancet and VAERS-related events whose arcs begin in the late 20th century. The 21st century history of Anti-vaccine activism is different again, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of social media disinformation. MaryMO (AR) ( talk) 20:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
@ MaryMO (AR): I think that you added most of the content for this section? The first two paragraphs talking about using algorithms to address health equity seem off-topic for "Anti-vaccine activism". The statements say "... to address health inequities, by identifying populations that had traditionally been under-served or were at elevated risk for infection, morbidity, and mortality." which is what algorithms are used for, but unless the sources talk about Black and other under-served communities having been targeted or more susceptible to vaccine mis/dis-information, and these algorithms helping to counter that, than that content is not related to this article's topic. Thanks for your other many and large additions and improvements to this article!! --- Avatar317 (talk) 01:22, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
It would be good to add something about how modern antivax organizations have dropped "Anti-vaccine" from their names, and instead go by things like Children's Health Defense, Children's Medical Safety Research Institute, and Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, or adopt names vaguely invoking freedom and patriotism. BD2412 T 21:59, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
I feel that this is worth mention and a link in the article, but I don't know where would be the optimum place? Maybe in the area about Black communities? (algorithm section) Here's a source (in case it is not already mentioned in other sources): In Tuskegee, Painful History Shadows Efforts To Vaccinate African Americans --- Avatar317 (talk) 00:49, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
I don't have my finger on a source, but another common disinformation tactic is to claim that unnamed whistleblowers or insiders in government agencies or in pharmaceutical are providing information that would call into question the safety or efficacy of vaccines. For example, a 1908 letter to the editor of the early animal rights periodical, Our Dumb Animals, claims that an unnamed government doctor told the author (anti-vaccinationist Harry B. Bradford) that the "vaccination was absolutely worthless to protect against smallpox". BD2412 T 19:26, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
One other thing that has been pointed out to me a lot on social media, but I have not seen in a source: claims that COVID-19 vaccines lead to an uptick in various bad health conditions based on studies of such conditions published prior to the vaccines actually being used. BD2412 T 03:46, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
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There was a moral panic in the 1990s about the MMR vaccine causing autism, this should definitely be part of the article. Would need to dig into the groups who were advocating against it, but they definitely exist. AtFirstLight ( talk) 22:24, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
In the last sentence of the 1st paragraph of the history section “targeted” is not the right word because the sentence can easily be read (as I read it the first time) as saying that the anti-vaxx movement has increasingly been attacking conservatives, which is the opposite of the intended meaning. The end of that sentence could be changed to something like “has increasingly been recruiting conservatives” or “has increasingly become aligned with the right wing in US politics”. NightHeron ( talk) 10:01, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Anti-vaccine activism's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Pepys":
Reference named "AgeOld":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT ⚡ 01:25, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
The use of "Early history" and "Modern developments" feels awkward. I admit it might still be somewhat awkward, but would breaking the history out by century be useful? Almost all of the "early history" organizations were FORMED in the 19th century. There was a "slow" period in the early to mid 20th century, followed by the Lancet and VAERS-related events whose arcs begin in the late 20th century. The 21st century history of Anti-vaccine activism is different again, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of social media disinformation. MaryMO (AR) ( talk) 20:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
@ MaryMO (AR): I think that you added most of the content for this section? The first two paragraphs talking about using algorithms to address health equity seem off-topic for "Anti-vaccine activism". The statements say "... to address health inequities, by identifying populations that had traditionally been under-served or were at elevated risk for infection, morbidity, and mortality." which is what algorithms are used for, but unless the sources talk about Black and other under-served communities having been targeted or more susceptible to vaccine mis/dis-information, and these algorithms helping to counter that, than that content is not related to this article's topic. Thanks for your other many and large additions and improvements to this article!! --- Avatar317 (talk) 01:22, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
It would be good to add something about how modern antivax organizations have dropped "Anti-vaccine" from their names, and instead go by things like Children's Health Defense, Children's Medical Safety Research Institute, and Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, or adopt names vaguely invoking freedom and patriotism. BD2412 T 21:59, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
I feel that this is worth mention and a link in the article, but I don't know where would be the optimum place? Maybe in the area about Black communities? (algorithm section) Here's a source (in case it is not already mentioned in other sources): In Tuskegee, Painful History Shadows Efforts To Vaccinate African Americans --- Avatar317 (talk) 00:49, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
I don't have my finger on a source, but another common disinformation tactic is to claim that unnamed whistleblowers or insiders in government agencies or in pharmaceutical are providing information that would call into question the safety or efficacy of vaccines. For example, a 1908 letter to the editor of the early animal rights periodical, Our Dumb Animals, claims that an unnamed government doctor told the author (anti-vaccinationist Harry B. Bradford) that the "vaccination was absolutely worthless to protect against smallpox". BD2412 T 19:26, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
One other thing that has been pointed out to me a lot on social media, but I have not seen in a source: claims that COVID-19 vaccines lead to an uptick in various bad health conditions based on studies of such conditions published prior to the vaccines actually being used. BD2412 T 03:46, 21 January 2024 (UTC)