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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVaccine Activism: The Day The Vaxxed Bus Came To Town
This January, a few days after our local SkeptiCamp, the Vaxxed bus visited Monterey, California. Its a problem anytime the Vaxxed bus visits anywhere, but this was my city and I wasnt happy about it.
First a bit of information. Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe is an American pseudoscience documentary directed by discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield and Produced by Del Bigtree. It was released in 2016 and has been a thorn in the science world ever since. The documentary is about a senior scientist whistleblower at the CDC. For the sake of brevity, lets just say that Vaxxed is pseudoscientific nonsense that seeks to keep people from getting vaccinated. Im sure they would argue with that description.
In 2016, Vaxxed sent around a large bus to communities where people could visit and record their stories about how vaccines have harmed them. People write their names on the outside of the bus. The 2019 sequel, Vaxxed II: The Peoples Truth, tells those stories.
When I learned that the Vaxxed bus was visiting Fishermans Wharf in Monterey, California, I saw red. The idea of their nonsense being pushed in our area and a group of unvaccinated people mingling with people in a popular tourist destination was too much for me.
I might have overreacted.
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/vaccine-activism-the-day-the-vaxxed-bus-came-to-town/
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Vaccine Activism: The Day The Vaxxed Bus Came To Town (Original Post)
yortsed snacilbuper
Mar 2020
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)1. I read the whole article. It's great!
And it's easy to read and understand.
Thanks for the post, my dear yortsed snacilbuper!
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)3. You are very welcome Peggy,
glad you liked it!
Al
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)2. Wakefield has been stripped of his medical license
by the UK. He will never get another license to practice medicine. Anywhere.