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I wasn't aware that anti-vaccination support has existed for as long vaccinations have been around. I had assumed that the movement had only started to gain real momentum at the start of the 21st century.

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I learned more about the way a normal class runs in this course. The discussions and group work that we will do in the future is an interesting concept I have not had in my other English courses.

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I learned a new word today -> Apotropaic (supposedly having the power to avert evil or bad luck). I am trying to see how this word may relate to the Hotez reading on anti-vaccine.

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Reading the Hotez's article definitely put the amount of antivaccination support into perspective. I thought it was quite shocking to discover. It was also shocking to find out that anti-vaccination supporters specifically target racial and ethnic groups.

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the definition that was presented for race was interesting as it stated that race was not something "natural" but made up

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It is interesting to think about the way race has zero factual basis in science, but has been used for centuries to create hierarchies, giving and taking away power from groups of people based on appearance and culture

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Many antivax groups target different cultural groups for their rallies which result in epidemics in those groups.

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While it may not be new to some of the class, the idea of race as an act done to someone makes me want to look more into that. The definition given in the Heng Inventions reading helped to inspire this interest.

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The argument between supporters of the Covid 19 vaccine and antivaxxers seems most prominent today, however, arguments like these (whether or not to trust medical professionals with vaccinations) has been occurring for years.

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The article made me wonder if there is ever a legitimate argument for medical freedom? I would love to know what you guys think!

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I learned that apotropaic means having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck

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While I had heard about antivax groups targeting certain racial and ethnic minorities before, it wasn't until the Hotez article that I began to consider the topic more in depth. It made me wonder how these groups identified which racial and ethnic groups to target? Do they look for groups that they know have legitimate reason to be distrustful of government and medical institutions and just begin spewing their misinformation until it sticks?

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learning about the history of antiscience sentiment in America is fascinating as it is terrifying. Very exited to learn more!

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During class today I was given answers to some of the questions that I had about how the collaborative essays would work and how groups would be split up. I have yet to write a collaborative essay and was hesitant about how we would be split up and the amount of time we would have to work on them.

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i am very interested in the study of "being" and how this can be applicable across the texts in the course. people all experience things a different way

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The anti-Semitic practices in medieval England were a precursor to many awful racist practices in modern times.

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Today, I learned a lot more about the origins of health freedom in America and the ways in which folks have used that freedom to make the decision of not vaccinating themselves and their family members. This leads me to question - at what point can medical freedom be exploited to act in bad faith and can concepts such as iatrophobia be a justifiable reason to not be vaccinated?

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One thing I learned was that people who didn’t take the vaccine harassed the legislature branch and said that the vaccine was too toxic.

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Today I learned that due to uncertainty, we will not have guest speakers this semester. For this reason, it is so important to share thoughts/perspectives with the class!