And his faith helped him cope when he faced intense backlash in September 2021 after a Rolling Stone article claimed he was anti-vax.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/faith/2023/11/16/23964355/jonathan-isaac-new-shoe-bible-verse

However, the depictions of anti-vax Americans come across as King airing his frustrations with a divided nation rather than as the insightful social commentary one might expect from a writer of his merit.

Source: https://kenyoncollegian.com/arts/2023/09/review-stephen-kings-new-novel-is-terrifying-illuminating/

Pushback against Golden Tate’s anti-vax conspiracy tweet was fast and furious.

Source: https://brobible.com/sports/article/golden-tate-anti-vax-conspiracy-theories/

The teenager, who is now under the legal guardianship of his grandmother, Susan Caruana, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, said his mother was "anti-government, anti-vax", whose catchphrase was "becoming a slave to the system".

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1848373/alex-batty-abduction-investigation

While Tate doesn’t specifically tie the anti-vax conspiracy theories promoted in the film to Damar Hamlin, the timing of his tweet and the similar rhetoric being spouted by longtime anti-vaxxers is pretty suspect.

Source: https://brobible.com/sports/article/golden-tate-anti-vax-conspiracy-theories/