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- adjective Opposed to
vaccination
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Examples
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I'm thinking of calling it the Jenny McCarthy Law of Pseudoscience because, heck, Jenny McCarthy and J.B. Handley insist over and over that they are not "antivaccine" before serving up the most outlandish antivaccine canards.
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Whenever someone prefaces her argument with earnest and emphatic claim that she is not "antivaccine," antivaccine pseudoscientific canards almost always follow shortly thereafter.
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Sadly, some parents have bought into a now de-bunked antivaccine theory posited in 1998 by Andrew J. Wakefield, that vaccines can cause autism in susceptible children.
Cheryl Saban Ph.D.: Are You Contagious? Cheryl Saban Ph.D. 2011
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Sadly, some parents have bought into a now de-bunked antivaccine theory posited in 1998 by Andrew J. Wakefield, that vaccines can cause autism in susceptible children.
Cheryl Saban Ph.D.: Are You Contagious? Cheryl Saban Ph.D. 2011
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"But there are a number of conspiratorial antivaccine bloggers out there that are in some ways close to that."
Peter Christian Hall: Contagion Grips 'Flublogia' Peter Christian Hall 2011
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Everything was either completely pro vaccine or antivaccine.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Sadly, some parents have bought into a now de-bunked antivaccine theory posited in 1998 by Andrew J. Wakefield, that vaccines can cause autism in susceptible children.
Cheryl Saban Ph.D.: Are You Contagious? Cheryl Saban Ph.D. 2011
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Everything was either completely pro vaccine or antivaccine.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Indeed, by continuing to focus on Dr. Wakefield's indiscretions rather than on the serious studies that have proved him wrong, we only elevate his status among antivaccine groups as a countercultural hero.
Junk Science Isn't a Victimless Crime Paul A. Offit 2011
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Everything was either completely pro vaccine or antivaccine.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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