Past Anti-Vax Campaign Provides Insights for Current COVID-19 Debates
The anti-vax movement is dishonest, aggressive, and experienced in creating fear and doubt. These tactics are now being used in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Dorit Reiss On June 13, 2019 New York repealed the religious exemption from its school immunization mandates. While the actual repeal went fast – the bill passed the Assembly health committee, the Assembly floor, the Senate floor and the Governor’s office on the same day – the bill has been in the process since…
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The ban on unvaccinated kids in public spaces seems like a drastic step, but it is the culmination of extensive efforts to stem a large outbreak created by anti-vaccine misinformation.
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By Allison M. Whelan (Guest Blogger) For many years now, there has been ongoing debate about childhood vaccinations and the recent measles outbreak in Disneyland and its subsequent spread to other states has brought vaccinations and questions about communicable diseases back to the headlines. Politicians, including potential presidential candidates such as Hilary Clinton, Rand Paul,…