How do anti-vaccines react to the pandemic of the new coronavirus?

Vaccine development is expected to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), but on the other hand, there are communities in the world opposed to vaccination for various reasons. Science journalist Catherine Gammon summarizes whether the anti-vaccine mindset is changing in response to the global pandemic.

How the Anti-Vaccine Community Is Responding to Covid-19
https://undark.org/2020/04/16/anti-vaccine-covid-19/

Anti-vaccines have created rifts in people, especially in the U.S., and in the past a boy with anti-vaccine parents had tetanus and was admitted to the ICU for 47 days, while parents still refused to vaccinate. It became a hot topic .

Many of these anti-vaccine groups have changed their minds when they saw the COVID-19 epidemic.

Covid-19 pandemic gives'anti-vaxxers' pause
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On the other hand, some people still strongly support anti-vaccine. `` I'm not afraid of COVID-19, '' said Melissa Floyd and Bob Sears, hosts of a podcast called The Vaccine Conversation. 'People talk about handwashing, but why? Why not talk about vitamin D, which boosts immunity, reducing sugar, and avoiding processed foods and eating vegetables and fruits? ', Suggesting that you can reduce your risk of infection in your daily life. .

Karen Ernst, executive director of the vaccines organization Voices for Vaccines, believes that a global pandemic is unlikely to change opinions. The idea of anti-vaccine is linked to beliefs and identities, and for those who think that 'I am a mother, promote a life close to nature, and therefore an anti-vaccine', denying the idea of anti-vaccine is It can lead to denial of identity. It is important to deny the vaccine to protect your identity.

And the reason for anti-vaccine denial of COVID-19 is that 'COVID-19 isn't as dangerous as it's been said to be. Immune-impaired people and only a few older people are gone.' It is also pointed out that there are thoughts. In fact, it is reported that healthy people in their 30s and 50s are also ill.

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Many anti-vaccine groups support the conspiracy theory , including the idea that ' 5G is spreading the new coronavirus ' and 'Lockdown and social distance strategies are where the government tracks people, Some people argue that it's a way to get people vaccinated. '

Such anti-vaccines believe that the acquisition of innate immunity is superior to the immunization of vaccines. In the United States, before the development of the chickenpox vaccine, there was an action called the ' varicella party ' that dares children to get chickenpox. Chickenpox has less severe symptoms in children than in adults, so the risk of infection among children is smaller. Such 'intentional infection party' is what the anti-vaccine group is paying attention to even in the new coronavirus, and the conservative news media 'The Federalist' is also picked up.

How 'Chickenpox Parties' Could Turn The Tide Of The Wuhan Virus
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/25/how-medical-chickenpox-parties-could-turn-the-tide-of-the-wuhan-virus/

It has also been pointed out that the opportunity for regular vaccination of infants under the age of two is being deprived of as social distance strategies are adopted. Parents who should have their children vaccinated have skipped medical examinations of children in order to avoid going out and avoiding groups, and anti-vaccine groups are also praising such parents. I will.

Meanwhile, California Immune Union executive director Catherine Flores Martin noted changes in posts to anti-vaccine groups on social media. Martin's view is that increased public health awareness has reduced people's acceptance of anti-vaccine groups.