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It's obvious that if someone is called an "anti vaxxer" in the last two years It's referring to being against the Covid vaccine.

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The covid jab is not the only "vaccine" that exists. This is why that term is misleading. It lumps people skeptical about one vaccine into the same category as those who are against all vaccines (which is an absurd position)

Being against any vacccine deemed safe by the majority of experts in a field is the same as being against all of them.

I don't know many people who are "against" the COVID vaccine. Most I have spoken with agree that those who are at most risk from the disease should take it. They are not concerned with the decisions others make and have never called for the vaccine to be "banned". However, they have declined it for themselves. Hence I would say "Covid-vaxx-decliner" is a more accurate term.

Also, would you say that religions that prohibit a certain meat (e.g. pork for Muslims) are "anti-meat"? If I don't like tuna but like haddock, am I anti-fish?

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