Anti-Vax Dating Apps Are Going IRL. People are very angry about this

Like a crowd out of 60 anti-vaxxers squeezed into the upstairs room of Jonathan’s Grille in Nashville on a recent Monday night, a proud moment dawned on Scott Armstrong.

Years ago, he quit his job as a drug and alcohol counselor because he refused to accept it vaccine. Now, unvaccinated people from all over the country were flocking to the stadium to meet others like them. There was a woman who flew in from New Jersey and another from Philadelphia. Another group came from Florida.

They were there to attend a mixer hosted by Non-injectablean anti-vaccination dating app that, according to its website, is “designed to create healthy relationships.” It was the second stop of the four cities of Ujected”Summer of Love” tour designed for singles who oppose the Covid-19 vaccine.

“We’re one of the most victimized people right now,” Armstrong, who now owns a video production company and helps organize the event, tells WIRED. “People still show such hatred towards us and our beliefs about natural health.

Redesigning around in-person experiences to cure app burnout is a big trend among dating apps struggling with signs of a new life. According to ticketing platform Eventbrite, IRL dating events have been on the rise since 2025. Tinder, as part of its rebrand this yearannounced that it is selling membership fees. But singles in the anti-vax group say that for them the event is about connecting with potential future partners — who, above all, believe in bodily autonomy.

Other platforms include this program Unjabbed, NoVax.Singles, Unjuiced.Dateis a Reddit dating site and community site that has been renamed Unjabbed.netwhose members are spread across the US and Europe. PureBlood. Datingwhich operates as a social club, launched earlier this year with a street advertising campaign, sending flyers around San Francisco to attract members who encouraged people to register on its website if they wanted to join “a group of unvaccinated singles to connect in real, real-life situations.”

“This is really a pro-liberty group. It’s not an anti-vaccine group,” says Shelby Hosana, the 32-year-old founder of Ujected. “Everything that goes into your body and everything you do with your body is 100 percent your choice.”

Non-injectors were specifically designed for people who are struggling with the Covid vaccine but, according to its site, they are against all vaccines. Members work on an honor system, although the program offers a large section – “Certified Unauthorized” -where they confirm that they are not vaccinated with an affidavit. In 2021, the same year it launched, Unreleased was removed from the Apple App Store for violating the Covid-19 policy. The app was also received in the App Store, in addition to being promoted on Google Play, at the end of 2024, which Hosana says is “the time of the world.” Donald Trump, who in the past promoting the myth that childhood vaccines are linked to autism, won the election in November.

Covid and other vaccines have been proven safe through rigorous testing and research, and before Robert F. Kennedy Jr.A well-known vaccine skeptic, who took over the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that reality. Ideas, according to the organization, are updated when they are approved by new scientific research and are updated supervised by The Food and Drug Administration, which works with government and non-government organizations to ensure vaccine safety.

It’s the Trump administration weaken vaccination policies and as more Americans are getting out, the US is seeing an increase in the number of infections that have been eradicated. According to several recent reports, serious diseases that many vaccines are known to protect against are also on the rise in the US, including wheelchair, big chest, big chestand various bacterial infections.