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Most Who Object to Mandatory Vaccination Are Not ‘Anti-Vaxxers’

Most Who Object to Mandatory Vaccination Are Not ‘Anti-Vaxxers’
A sign outside a COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal on Oct. 3, 2021. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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As someone who has been taught to measure my words, I have had enough of the prime minister’s attempt to brand people who object to the COVID vaccines as “anti-vaxxers.” He made the most of it, of course, during the recent election campaign, when he told us that he was not going to let “anti-vaxxer mobs” dictate his response to the COVID crisis.

Paul Groarke
Paul Groarke
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Paul Vincent Groarke is a retired lawyer and academic. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy and has published extensively on the history of common law, ethics, and philosophy. He has recently commented on the COVID crisis in "The System of Rules," a book in which he discusses political theory in language that anyone can understand.
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