English citations of vaxxie

  • 2020 December 27, Charlotte Cowles, “The Week in Business: The Bitter End”, in The New York Times[1]:
    Perhaps you’ve seen your first “vaxxies” — naturally, photos that people take of themselves getting a coronavirus vaccine and then post on social media. The country has already distributed over one million doses to health care workers, but who’s next?
  • 2020 December 30, Jeanne Moos, “Move over selfies, 'vaxxies' are all the rage”, in CNN[2]:
    "Vaxxies" are the new selfies...taken with a needle in your arm. [video caption]
  • 2021 January 19, Guy Kelly, “The rise of the vaxxie – and why the Greek PM’s Herculean effort is more important than you might think”, in The Daily Telegraph[3]:
    Posting a ‘vaxxie’ (rarely a true a selfie, for logistical reasons) is becoming the unexpected social media trend of 2021, and led by a just as unexpected band of influencers. [] Inevitably, there will be some who deem vaxxies to be as smug, performative and fatuous as all other social media crazes.