Define Anti-vaxxer Meaning

Someone who discounts scientifically valid medical research pertaining to vaccines in favor of data produced by a discredited researcher.

Noun: A sub-cult of anti-science, Google researchers that, when gathered in groups, have the innate ability to reduce their collective IQ to a level proportional to the inverse of the collective sum. Also usually have a strange obsession with marmot feces and believe it will protect them from contracting Autism during their adult lives since the practice of rolling around in it has been anecdotally linked with their ability to not contract autism as adults.

a person who opposes vaccination/immunization, claiming that the practice is harmful. the term typically carries a derogatory connotation, implying both science illiteracy and a failure to think critically.

Someone who thinks searching Google and reading blogs provides a better education than years of medical school, studying for board exams, and medical practice.

Empirically, a science denialist. Rejecting the overwhelming evidence against their views, they prefer to see children suffer preventable diseases.

A person who thinks that statements from people in Hollywood is more important than scientific consensus when it comes to health care.

Someone who does their own "research" and "draws their own conclusions" about vaccination if that research consists only of confirmation of their pre-existing biases and drawing their own conclusion means subscribing to whatever fearmongering conspiracy is popular at that particular moment

People who want to bring back the good old days and deadly diseases.

Someone who chooses to ignore decades of scientific research and statistics that prove the efficacy, safety, and success of modern vaccinations.

A person who, because of a lack of understanding of immunology, biology, chemistry, or just science in general, refuses to allow vaccination of themselves or their children.

Often talk about vaccines causing autism and/or other diseases, despite the fact that most evidence pointing to that has been widely discredited and retracted.

Will resort to flinging insults when questioned. May say that you need to "do your own research" (just not in a lab); that doctors and scientists are all bought out or are "shills" for "Big Pharma" or the government, and are planning on killing everyone; or that they are the only ones that are "AWAKE1!1!!1!!".

Only rarely show sympathy to anyone but themselves. Slight chance of germ theory denial. If sighted, do not approach: often armed and contagious.