[jmyeet]

There are different sources of antivax attitudes in different communities. For some, there's a religious or cultural basis. For others, they are simply the victims of a well-funded and concerted misinformation campaign.

A good example if the ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn for whom a gloosy booklet seems to bear a lot of responsibility [1] and this predates Covid. It's particularly interesting because certain preventable diseases can cause male infertility.

This became such a big problem that Israel had to counter this misinformation so ultra-Orthodox communities would get Covid vaccines [2].

None of this came from any form of Judaism.

[1]: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brooklyn-measles-outbre...

[2]: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/988812635/how-israel-persuade...

[marcosdumay]

> religious or cultural basis .... a well-funded and concerted misinformation campaign

There's way less difference between those two things than their different names imply.