Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/26/vaccine-hesitancy-measles-chickenpox-polio-flu/

Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.

An Ohio measles outbreak among unvaccinated children comes at a time of heightened concern about the public health consequences of anti-vaccine sentiment.

The Washington Post
@juddlegum
“Hesitancy” is when you don’t want to go bungee jumping.
This is “people believing malicious lies and doubling down due to sunk cost fallacy when confronted with facts”. Perhaps “vaccine gullibility” or “vaccine willful ignorance” should be used, not “hesitancy”.