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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Meeting the Swedish anti-vaxxers who believe ‘Mother Earth protects’
Description: In Sweden most people have a great deal of trust in the state, but in recent years vaccine scepticism has gained ground. Ethnographer Mia-Marie Hammarlin spent time in the Swedish countryside sharing saunas and kitchen tables with women who refused the COVID vaccine. She explains how a belief in the power of nature and spirituality, bolstered by conspiracy theories found online, has convinced some Swedes to refuse jabs.
“There are high levels of social trust in Sweden.”
“Trust in nature and spirituality became a central belief for vaccine rejection.”
“Vaccine sceptics furiously reject the notion they lack...