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Bill Gates to Anti-Vaxxers: ‘How Else Can You Get Out of a Tragic Pandemic?’
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has questioned the position of anti-vaxxers amid the COVID-19 crisis. Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has questioned the position of anti-vaxxers amid the COVID-19 crisis, asking “how else can you get out of a tragic pandemic?” Gates, whose Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed […]
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‘Fortnite’ app removal threatens social lifeline for young gamers
NEW YORK/BENGALURU – A YouTube alert interrupted Jack Erricker’s schoolwork on Friday morning as he and kids all over the world woke up to the news that their favorite game, Fortnite, had been taken down from Apple’s Store and Google Play store. “It’s basically the only game I play,” said Erricker, an 11-year-old in Bengaluru, India, an avid […]
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Anti-Vaxxers Launch $11M Lawsuit Against Canada Over Pandemic Response
An Ontario-based anti-vaccination organization has filed an $11 million lawsuit against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the CBC reported Thursday. The Vaccine Choice Canada and seven individuals are suing the Canadian and Ontario governments, the City of Toronto, a number of politicians and health authorities, as well as the CBC over their response to the coronavirus pandemic including business closures, mask mandates […]
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The Anti-Vaxxer: A label we are not as immune from as we might think – The Oxford Student
In the storm that is coronavirus the promise of a vaccine is the life-raft we’re clinging to. As the worldwide death toll rises to more than 700,000 the urgency behind the need for a vaccine skyrockets. The UK government has already ordered 100 million doses of the Oxford University vaccine and in the United States, […]
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Paul Offit causes a stir | Left Brain Right Brain | Circa April 1, 2008
On 31st March, Dr Paul Offit wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times entitled Inoculated Against Facts in which he discussed the recent Poling situation. In response to this, David Kirby wrote a blistering response entitled Lies My New York Times Told Me (Or, Why Trust a Doctor Who Says 10,000 Shots Are Safe?). Offit says: […]
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Vaccine-Skeptic Just Means Anti-Vaxx | Circa June 21, 2019
Why Jessica Biel, Marianne Williamson and others can’t be “skeptical” of proven facts. Earlier this week, Marianne Williamson, one of too many 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, told a crowd of her supporters in New Hampshire that mandatory vaccination is “draconian” and “Orwellian,” and she co-opted pro-choice rhetoric to describe her position.“The U.S. government doesn’t tell any citizen, […]
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