Anti-vaxxer

Measles outbreak: 11 children hospitalized, three in serious condition

Senior health officials also warn of a potential mass infection at the upcoming Lag Ba'omer Mount Meron pilgrimage, as vaccination rates in certain haredi communities remain very low.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Doctors treating a baby incubated suffering from a measles infection; illustrative
IN NOVEMBER 2021, Israel moved to vaccinate children over age five (Illustrative).

Is COVID over? A requiem for the coronavirus pandemic

For many people, the arbitrary nature of the pandemic, with tough rules one day about things like masks, and then rules discarded the next, has left an imprint.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A child receives free polio vaccine during a government-led mass vaccination program in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 14, 2019.

Polio will never be gone without full vaccination - Israeli immunologist

There are 150,000 Israeli children who have not been vaccinated against polio at all, the Health Ministry says.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Antisemitic caricature of Jews and vaccines.

Anti-vaccine activism melded with US antisemitism - study

This phenomenon is occurring through an “enabled and empowered anti-science ecosystem, with antisemitism and the targeting of Jewish biomedical scientists at its core.”

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Ukraine says it thwarted plan by anti-vaxxers to destabilize country

Ukrainian authorities claimed they thwarted a Russian-backed attempt by anti-vaxxers to destabilize the country.

NOVEMBER 18, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
People attend a rally against the compulsory vaccination for some state employees and to demand the lifting of restrictions imposed by the authorities to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kyiv, Ukraine November 3, 2021. The placard reads: "Vaccination kills."

COVID-19 lockdown for the unvaccinated begins in Austria

Around two million people in the country of roughly nine million are now only allowed to leave their homes for a limited number of reasons like traveling to work or shopping for essentials.

NOVEMBER 15, 2021ByREUTERS
People sit in a public garden amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as Austria's government imposes a lockdown on people who are not fully vaccinated, in Vienna, Austria November 14, 2021.

Australia COVID anti-vaxx protesters compare state gov't to Nazis

The Age newspaper showed a protester carrying a poster depicting Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews with a Hitler mustache and the hashtag #DictatorDan.

NOVEMBER 13, 2021ByREUTERS
An Australian flag is seen hung in a tree burnt by bushfire on the property of farmer Jeff McCole in Buchan, Victoria, Australia

Anti-vaccine protests in Germany are using Holocaust symbolism

At least one of the participants is said to have worn a Star of David on his jacket with the word "unvaccinated“ on it. Another displayed the words “2021 is the new 1933” on his T-shirt.

NOVEMBER 10, 2021ByMARVIN ZIEGELE/SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST
A man wears an anti-vaccine button as people and teachers protest against New York City mandated vaccines

Public distrust on COVID-19 not fixed by Israel’s kid vaccination debate - analysis

While at the beginning of the crisis, Israeli health officials and the public paid attention to the science. Two years later, the country has shifted to a culture of post-truth.

NOVEMBER 7, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A WOMAN receives a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Tel Aviv in August

Threats from anti-vaxxers need to stop - editorial

Members of the health systems in Israel have been receiving severe threats from anti-vaxxers.

NOVEMBER 1, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Anti-vaccine protestors hold placards during a march against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations on the Sea Point promenade in Cape Town, South Africa

Israel Health Ministry sets up 24/7 threats hotline for doctors

The Health Ministry announced that Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis had been assigned a bodyguard, following serious threats on her life by anti-vaxxers.

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis receives her flu vaccine on October 17, 2021

Police investigates anti-vaxxers’ threats against senior health official

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expresses solidarity with head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis.

OCTOBER 28, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Israel's head of public health Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Coronavirus: How does misinformation spread, and how can we stop it?

Coronavirus misinformation is massively harmful. How, then, do we combat such claims?

OCTOBER 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A man wears an anti-vaccine button as people and teachers protest against New York City mandated vaccines

Senate candidate cancels fundraiser over host's anti-vaxx swastika profile photo

Aside from her antisemitic profile picture, Bettina Sofia Viviano-Langlais also hosted a mask-burning bonfire last year.

OCTOBER 15, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
Former college football star and current senatorial candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally in Perry, Georgia, US.