How Anti-Vax Protesters Use Nazi Symbols

Last week, the Public Religion Research Institute released its study on the degree of vaccine hesitancy of American faith groups. The findings were, perhaps, not surprising: American Jews register, by far, the lowest degree of hesitancy towards vaccination. A study on the attitude of American faith groups toward the current political tensions in France over vaccination might find an equally unsurprising result: namely that American Jews are experiencing the highest degree of confusion. The French government's decision to impose a vaccination pass has spurred a burgeoning series of protests across the country. Over the past month, the size and tenacity of the crowds have grown. So, too, has the frequency of certain signs which superimpose the swastika and Hitler's mustache onto the face of President Emmanuel Macron and associate his government's policies with the Nazis.