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chemicals, the anti-vaccinationist menace
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chemicals, the anti-vaccinationist menace

Brace yourselves. The anti-vax crusade is taking its chemophobia and love for cleansing to a whole new level.

that depends on your definition of informed…
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that depends on your definition of informed…

Anti-vaxers are vehemently opposed to a bill that would require doctors to explain how vaccines work on the basis that it would require them to leave their echo chambers and might sway parents on the fence to vaccinate.

jake crosby: the boy who cried pharma shill
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jake crosby: the boy who cried pharma shill

The self-proclaimed investigative journalist for the anti-vax blog Age of Autism is doing the only thing he knows how to do: play six degrees of Big Pharma.

the vaccine manufactroversy hits pbs
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the vaccine manufactroversy hits pbs

Anti-vaxers are on a mission to bring back diseases we eliminated or kept under control by vaccination thanks to Luddism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

time.com fawns over anti-vax activists
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time.com fawns over anti-vax activists

Still not grasping the impact of anti-vaccination activists, the media is treating them as bold, outspoken advocates for a different view, not the public health menaces they are.

mooney tackles the anti-vaxers. well, sort of…
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mooney tackles the anti-vaxers. well, sort of…

After failing to fix science education, Chris Mooney is taking his failed approach to the vaccine manufactroversy.

silencing skeptics one lawsuit at a time?
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silencing skeptics one lawsuit at a time?

Emboldened by chiropractors suing Simon Singh, anti-vaccine activists are coming after critics and scientists with frivolous but expensive libel claims.

when you don’t have anything nice to say…
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when you don’t have anything nice to say…

We're told to be civil and careful when addressing anti-vaccines activists. But the anti-vaxxers seldom share the same view of dealing with experts and critics.