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Just the Vaxx, Ma’am 0

The North Jersey Record takes a long, in-depth look at how vaccinations became controversial. I commend the article to your attention. Here’s a bit:

Facebook and Google both were called out earlier this year for serving up false information in searches and spreading misinformation. Women of childbearing age in Washington State reportedly were targeted on Facebook with anti-vax messages after that state’s governor declared measles in one county a public health emergency. Both companies said they would take steps to direct users to more credible sources, but did not completely remove problematic content.

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, also chided Amazon for accepting paid advertising from anti-vaccine groups.

Russian Internet trolls and bots (one used the hashtag #VaccinateUS) have also “weaponized” public health messages to sow discord among the American public, using vaccines as a wedge issue, researchers found.

By issuing both anti- and pro-vaccine tweets and memes they attempt to make it seem vaccine safety and efficacy are open to debate and create mistrust of public health institutions and experts.

I can remember pictures of rows of children suffering from polio ensconced in iron lungs. And today we have some who would willingly bring those days back.

We are a society of stupid.

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