+ Recommended + Puzzles Yikes! We have an anti-vaxxer in the family Dubious posts have been appearing on social media for a while and I'm wondering how best to approach the matter By Sophia Money-Coutts 19 September 2021 • 6:00am It's hard to argue with an anti-vaxxer in the family who believes they’re on the ‘right’ side (BUTTON) It's hard to argue with an anti-vaxxer in the family who believes they’re on the ‘right’ side, says Sophia You never think it’s going to happen to you, do you? For months I’ve been reading about it and scoffing, but now it’s reached my family: we have an anti-vaxxer among us. Not just someone who’s a bit nervous about the jab, either. A proper, hardcore, you-lot-need-to-wake-the-hell-up crusader. -- conspiracies. A 60-something man recently wrote an anonymous newspaper article about his 30-year marriage being ripped apart by his wife doing the same, lost down a rabbit hole of lunatic theories. Last month, a Mumsnet post about one user’s anti-vax brother ran to nearly 400 messages of others reporting family members who’d also become ensnared by these claims.