Talk:COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy

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Mischievous use of the term "anti-vaxxer"

It is mischievous and opportunistic to describe all people opposed to the covid vaccine as "Anti-vaxxers". It is the same as claiming that all people who don't like icecream are "anti-sugar". 41.116.162.241 (talk) 13:01, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

:We go with what RS say. Slatersteven (talk) 13:04, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

:If you oppose ONE specific vaccine, in this case the Covid19 vaccine, but you support, in general, other vaccines (like Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Polio, Smallpox), why should you be considered by the plethora of WP editors as being 'antivax' ? 167.248.152.245 (talk) 15:59, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

::Do such people exist? Source please! Bon courage (talk) 16:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

:::I've met many people like this! 88.97.160.176 (talk) 22:05, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

::Per WP:RS, we leave that decision to reliable sources. --Hob Gadling (talk) 06:37, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Unbalanced

This article streamlines the various conspiracies and complaints that have been disproven, but there’s no category in the article for serious legitimate criticisms. It comes across more like propaganda than well-balanced thoughtful research. J.P.Dill (talk) 10:28, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

:That is because it is about misinformation. Slatersteven (talk) 10:35, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

::it is about what Wikipedia believes is misinformation; Wikipedia does not have the truth as anyone else does. AlexanderFreud (talk) 12:52, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

:::No, it is about what RS calls misinformation. Slatersteven (talk) 12:59, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

COVID misinformation and AIDS denialism

Why for AIDS is defined denialism and for COVID misinformation? How many years Wikipedia needs to get COVID recognised as denialism as it has been for AIDS, which has a longer history? How Wikipedia knows what is information and what is misinformation? I think this encyclopedia would need some more philosophers of science to work on it. AlexanderFreud (talk) 12:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

:RS calls it misinformation. Slatersteven (talk) 12:59, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

"Misinformation"

Why are the vaccine "misinformation" articles NOT held to the 'Neutral Point of View' standard listed by Wikpedia above as one of their Article Policies? Russell G Jacquay (talk) 11:24, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

:Care to point out an example of where we violate npov? Slatersteven (talk) 13:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

::Addition: Before you point those out, you should actually read WP:NPOV. And WP:FRINGE. --Hob Gadling (talk) 19:45, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

:::I would rather see what they thought was a violation, then we can tell them why its not. Slatersteven (talk) 11:16, 31 January 2025 (UTC)