we need to understand how anti-vaxxers feel to make sense of their actions
- Written by Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
It is not entirely irrational to fear needles (or to suffer from trypanophobia for those who prefer the Greek term). Likewise, feeling anxious about injecting a foreign substance into the bloodstream seems quite reasonable.
And it is hardly surprising that people might find these things even more anxiety-inducing because of the duty of care we...





