Vaccine hesitancy is nothing new. Here’s the damage it’s done over centuries
Pockets of people have railed against vaccines for ages
A rally of the Anti-vaccination League of Canada filled the streets near City Hall in Toronto in 1919.
City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 2517
As vaccines to protect people from COVID-19 started becoming available in late 2020, the rhetoric of anti-vaccine groups intensified.