pro-vaccine en · ADJ
Etymology
From pro- + vaccine.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Supporting vaccines and vaccination.
The study also showed that the interventions did reinforce the decision of the parents who were already intending to vaccinate, that is, promoted resiliency among provaccine parents.³³
2016, Eve Dubé, Noni E. MacDonald, “Vaccine Acceptance”, in Barry R. Bloom, Paul-Henri Lambert, editors, The Vaccine Book, 2nd edition, London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 517:The study, which mapped the vaccine conversation on Facebook during the 2019 measles outbreak, found that there were nearly three times as many active anti-vaccination communities as pro-vaccination communities. In addition, they found that while pro-vaccine pages tended to have more followers, anti-vaccine pages were faster-growing.
2020 May 13, Kevin Roose, “Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War”, in The New York Times:Pro-vaccine advertisements are more likely than anti-vaccine advertisements to be removed from Facebook, often because they fail to meet the requirements for “political” advertising. This probably occurs because pro-vaccine advertisers believe their messages convey scientific truth, rather than a political position.
2019 December 10, Tess Lanzarotta, “How to beat anti-vaxxers at their own game”, in The Washington Post:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| provaccine | alternative | lexicographic |