Someone that stops just short of forcing people to take a vaccine by instead trying to suggest or encourage (push) them to do what they want them to do indirectly.
She started a desperate vaccine push, since she felt that not enough people were doing what she wanted them to do, instead of what they wanted to do (and not what they were told they wanted to do) .
by Solid Mantis May 17, 2021
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Get the Vaccine mug.The logical fallacy of comparing any position one disagrees with to anti-vaccine beliefs, implying that because anti-vaccine views are dangerous and baseless, the position in question is similarly dangerous and baseless. The fallacy works by stigma transfer: if you believe X, you're like those terrible anti-vaxxers, therefore X must be rejected. It's a rhetorical weapon that avoids engagement with actual arguments, substituting moral condemnation for reasoning. The anti-vaccine analogy fallacy is especially common in public health debates, where it's used to dismiss legitimate concerns about specific policies by associating them with the most extreme anti-science positions. The fallacy ignores that concerns must be evaluated on their merits, not on their resemblance to the most vilified beliefs.
Anti-vaccine Analogy Fallacy Example: "He questioned the speed of vaccine approval for a new shot. She responded with the anti-vaccine analogy fallacy: 'Oh, so you're anti-vax now?' His question about regulatory process had nothing to do with opposing vaccines generally, but the analogy dismissed it without engagement. Legitimate discussion was replaced by stigma."
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 16, 2026
Get the Anti-vaccine Analogy Fallacy mug.The stronger fallacy of claiming that any questioning of vaccine policy is equivalent to being anti-vaccine, or that all vaccine-hesitant positions are equally baseless. The anti-vaccine equivalence fallacy erases important distinctions—between those who reject all vaccines and those with specific concerns, between those who are misinformed and those who are persuadable, between questions asked in good faith and propaganda spread in bad faith. By treating all deviation from consensus as equivalent, the fallacy prevents nuanced discussion, alienates potential allies, and actually strengthens the most extreme positions by lumping them with moderate concerns. The equivalence fallacy is beloved of activists who prefer condemnation to conversation, and of those who find it easier to stigmatize than to persuade.
Anti-vaccine Equivalence Fallacy Example: "The health official committed the anti-vaccine equivalence fallacy, saying that anyone with questions about the new vaccine was 'just like the anti-vaxxers.' Parents with genuine concerns felt dismissed and became harder to reach. The fallacy had created the very resistance it claimed to fight. Nuance was the casualty."
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 16, 2026
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