Unjected Draws 60 to Nashville Mixer as Anti-Vax Dating Tour Expands to 4 Cities
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Updated · WIRED · Jun 6
Unjected Draws 60 to Nashville Mixer as Anti-Vax Dating Tour Expands to 4 Cities
1 articles · Updated · WIRED · Jun 6
Summary
About 60 unvaccinated singles packed a Nashville sports bar for Unjected’s second “Summer of Love” stop, with attendees flying in from New Jersey and Philadelphia and driving from Florida.
Unjected says the in-person push answers dating-app fatigue and gives vaccine opponents a place to meet partners who share views on bodily autonomy and what founder Shelby Hosana calls a “pro-freedom” movement.
The app, launched in 2021 and removed from Apple’s App Store that year over Covid misinformation rules, returned to Apple and Google stores in fall 2024; it now faces expert criticism that anti-vaccine organizing increases public-health risks.
The tour has already stirred backlash: a Denver venue disavowed the planned kickoff, the event moved and still drew more than 150 people, and Hosana later sued the bar for $4 million alleging discrimination and defamation.
The gatherings reflect a wider split in dating and politics as vaccine status becomes a values marker, while the US is also seeing renewed spread of vaccine-preventable diseases including measles and whooping cough.