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by javagram 1633 days ago
> I don't know. I feel that many people got unfairly labelled as "anti-vaxxer" because they simply opposed to forced vaccination

Unlikely because the most of the same people chose not to get vaccinated themselves well before any mandates or requirements came into force, and were posting arguments online warning people not to get the vaccine or that it hadn't been sufficiently tested - as you yourself do in this post.

This indicates that they weren't just opposed to forced vaccination, but opposed to this vaccination in particular. It was quite rare to see someone post something along the lines of <<Everyone should get vaccinated, and you are in more danger from COVID-19 if you don't get vaccinated than from side effects if you do. However, I am opposed only to forcing the vaccine on you. Please get vaccinated yourself instead!>>

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I have seen many people arguing for the vaccines as an effective treatment whilst defending people's choice to refuse the vaccine. Though I got vaccinated, I was surely forced to do so else I would've lost my job, but I delayed as much as I could. However, I was very clear to advise my parents (in their late 60s) to be the first in lie to take the vaccine because I knew the risks associated with COVID far outweighed any risk associated with the vaccine. And I know of many people with similar views, though they apply to a different age group, like many parents not wanting to vaccinate their children because they understand how rare of a event is death from covid for a healthy kid.
> and were posting arguments online warning people not to get the vaccine or that it hadn't been sufficiently tested - as you yourself do in this post.

As did many news media organizations - only up until the election, that is. [0] Then everyone was a conspiracy theorist immediately after.

[0]: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/health/eua-coronavirus-vaccin...