# People who aren't vaccinated - what should they be called? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [May 3, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314 "2021-05-03T19:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/121 "2021-08-06T06:02:00Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > To Call people who don’t what to get the vaccine NOW any sort of disparaging name is counter productive. Counter productive how? What are they going to do if people hurt their feelings, double not get vaccinated? ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/122 "2021-08-06T15:51:27Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > I will not call the illegal s spoilt brats, your term, What does the ‘illegals’ have to do with anything in significant numbers that anyone should care? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/123 "2021-08-10T18:32:41Z")
Conservative media is pushing hard on the idea that illegal immigrants are the cause of the present surge. Extra points if the talking head notes that they aren’t being tested or vaccinated, or are bussed to Republican states to wreck havoc. I heard a soundbite of New Jersey Governor Murphy referring to such theories as tin-foil hat conspiracies, but personally have no knowledge of the extent that asylum-seekers are affecting COVID spread. > **[Murphy responds to Allen immigration remarks: ‘That’s tin-foil hat stuff’ -...](https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/murphy-responds-to-allen-immigration-remarks-thats-tin-foil-hat-stuff/)** > > At his weekly Covid briefing today, Gov. Phil Murphy responded firmly to comments from Republican lieutenant gubernatorial nominee Diane Allen about Covid ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/124 "2021-08-10T18:58:31Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Conservative media is pushing hard on the idea that illegal immigrants are the cause of the present surge. Extra points if the talking head notes that they aren’t being tested or vaccinated, or are bussed to Republican states to wreck havoc. I heard a soundbite of New Jersey Governor Murphy referring to such theories as tin-foil hat conspiracies, but personally have no knowledge of the extent that asylum-seekers are affecting COVID spread. Uggh! Gov. Abbot is banning any kind of restrictions or mask mandates in public places. Cases are skyrocketing, so he decides to blame the ‘illegals’ and writes an executive order to have state troopers stop any transport that look ‘suspicious’. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/125 "2021-08-10T19:08:25Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I’m partial to, “plague rats.” ‘Plague rats’ was the first thing that came to my mind upon reading the title. You beat me to it by three months. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/126 "2021-08-10T19:41:46Z")
Well, I’ve since learned that calling people on Facebook that will get you suspended for bullying. So keep that in mind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/127 "2021-08-10T23:35:32Z")
I saw this on social media today. Those who are anti-vaxx due to political leanings and “freedom”: spreadnecks. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/128 "2021-08-11T16:01:43Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > What am I supposed to get from that? The US population is 61% white and 12% black and 59% of people who have received at least one dose are white and 10% are black? The “Other” category is going to throw things off, since they are only 2% of the population but represent 8% of those vaccinated (I think? I’m not sure how to read that chart exactly). > > Can you summarize what your point is? The point is supposed to be that we shouldn’t be blaming magatites for not getting the vaccine, because the REAL problem is that a lower percentage of black people are getting the vaccine and if only more black people got the vaccine, we’d be saved! (not my opinion, but one expressed to me by other people) ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/129 "2021-08-11T17:01:44Z")
I wonder how he rationalizes the rise of cases in Alaska? How many “illegals” can fly to or cruise in to infect that state? > **[As Juneau’s COVID cases skyrocket, hospital staff are testing positive too](https://alaskapublic.org/2021/08/09/as-juneaus-covid-cases-skyrocket-hospital-staff-are-testing-positive-too/)** > > Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau is seeing more COVID-19 cases among its staff as the number of infections in the capital city rises and the community's risk level returns to high. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/130 "2021-08-11T22:59:32Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > I wonder how he rationalizes the rise of cases in Alaska? How many “illegals” can fly to or cruise in to infect that state? snowbacks from the wilds of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/131 "2021-08-12T00:32:20Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > I wonder how he rationalizes the rise of cases in Alaska? How many “illegals” can fly to or cruise in to infect that state? That’s a hoax. There’s no Covid in Alaska!! ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314/132 "2021-08-12T04:46:11Z")
I was hoping someone would have said “Canada Geese” just so I could say “Honk, Honk, Honkers” but… Delta and my oldest child (no vax just because-- ) have me feeling blue. Not Delta Blues or Blues Brothers nor Bluegrass, Iowa. Just sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-arent-vaccinated-what-should-they-be-called/941314.md?page=6)