On Aug. 1, The New York Times ran an article in which it described the apparent radicalization of a group of parents from mainstream political persuasions to a single-issue, anti-vaccine fringe…. It is, by now, a familiar narrative on both sides of the Atlantic that anyone who dares to question, let alone challenge, the wisdom of giving healthy children the COVID-19 jab is labeled as “anti-vaccine” and is “othered.” It’s a slur I know all too well—having been vocal in the United Kingdom for the past 15 months in questioning why otherwise healthy children needed a COVID vaccine. I’ve been labeled, lazily and erroneously, as “anti-vaxxer” and, almost comically, “pro-death.” I spoke to Natalya Murakhver, one of the parents named in the article, to hear her views.
