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Antivaccine nonsense Popular culture

COVID-19 is now a leading killer of children

Post author By Orac
Post date February 13, 2023
89 Comments on COVID-19 is now a leading killer of children

Contrary to what the “COVID-19 isn’t a threat to children” contingent says, COVID-19 is a leading cause of death among children. Yet “not antivax” doctors continue, either unknowingly or knowingly, continue to recycle old antivax tropes to argue against vaccinating children against this disease.

Tags Allison Krug, antivaccine, COVID, COVID denial, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Urgency of Normal, vaccines, Vinay Prasad

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture

Urgency of Normal, the Great Barrington Declaration, and the antivax movement

Post author By Orac
Post date March 9, 2022
64 Comments on Urgency of Normal, the Great Barrington Declaration, and the antivax movement

Florida antivax antimask "Urgency of Normal" — Besides the horrible image, what was also horrible was the presence of all manner of COVID-19 cranks, including antimaskers and antivaxxers.

On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis convened a roundtable including “Urgency of Normal,” Great Barrington Declaration authors, and antivaxxers. This was no coincidence, given the common talking points and causes between the groups.

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