anti-vax

Instagram Is Still A Hotbed Of Anti-Vax Propaganda

The billion-user app is not only hosting — but actively promoting — vaccine conspiracy theories in the midst of a deadly pandemic.
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Woman Protests COVID-19 Vaccine By Speeding Car Through Vaccination Site

Witnesses said Virginia Brown yelled "no vaccine" while almost hitting seven people with her SUV.
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Sen. Johnson Cites Commonly Misused Data To Suggest Vaccines Linked To Deaths

The CDC's VAERS system tracks deaths that happen after vaccination regardless of whether the vaccine had any role to play. It is often cited by anti-vaxxers.
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Facebook Is Still Running New Anti-Vaccination Ads, Despite Ban [UPDATE]

Some ads push blatant misinformation about vaccines.
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Anti-Vaxxers Needled After Asking To Be Called 'Vaccine Risk Aware'

Some of the alternative terms suggested by Twitter wits include "plague enthusiast," "child cemetery advocates" and "infant infectors."
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Bill Maher Says Vaccine-Autism Link Is Not 'Crazy': 'We Don't Know S**t'

The longtime HBO host promoted the views of a well-known vaccination skeptic on his Friday night show.
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Jessica Biel Claims She Isn't Anti-Vaccine After Lobbying With Vaccine Skeptic

The actress lobbied in California with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against a bill that would curb fraudulent exemptions for anti-vax parents.
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Instagram Blocks Anti-Vaccine Hashtags To Combat Misinformation

A spokeswoman told HuffPost the company is cracking down on hashtags attached to posts containing factually incorrect content.
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An ‘Endgame’ Infection?

Health officials in Orange County, California, are warning moviegoers who saw a midnight screening of “Avengers: Endgame” that they may have contracted measles from an infected audience member.
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Man Who Got Measles After Parents Didn't Vaccinate Him: Misinformation 'Makes Me So Angry'

“I just don’t understand the mindset of people who want to spread fear," Joshua Nerius said of anti-vaxxers, "who are willfully deciding to ignore the facts."
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