These influencers posted about getting vaccinated — then heard from their anti-vaxx followers. brookealamantia reports
Photo: Phynart Studio/Getty Images Over the course of the pandemic, the rules of engagement on Instagram have become increasingly fraught. In the early days of quarantine, posts that previously seemed innocuous suddenly felt loaded and tone-deaf; now, a year and a half in, vaccination is the latest landmine. Despite an ostensible ban on vaccine misinformation, the platform is overrun with anti-vaxx sentiment — which Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, has made little effort to curb.
Maia James, wellness Instagrammer and business owner Sharing that I was getting vaccinated definitely got me the most negative backlash I’ve ever had. I got hundreds of nasty emails. People even sent me mail with clippings and anti-vaxx propaganda. A few people did unfollow me, but not a lot because my audience is primarily female, younger, and liberal. I did get a few crazy DMs, though. I posted a quote from an Atlantic article saying vaccinated people should no longer carry the burden for unvaccinated people.
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