Nashville Owner Under Fire For Making Anti-Vaxxers Wear Patch

After receiving immense backlash online, a hat store in Tennessee is apologizing for advertising a yellow patch reading “Not Vaccinated,” in a design reminiscent of the yellow Stars of David that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany.

The Nashville-based hatWRKS, which is owned by Gigi Gaskins, issued a first-person mea culpa Saturday on its Instagram account. It read in part, “my intent was not to exploit or make a profit,” but rather “to share my genuine concern & fear.”