Vaccinations

Virulent: The Vaccine War – a close-up look at the American antivax movement

"Virulent: The Vaccine War", screening online this weekend, is a well-executed portrait of the American anti-vaxx movement as it's developed over time

Andrew Bridgen: How a Conservative MP got red-pilled on Covid vaccine misinformation

After months of sharing COVID-19 vaccine scaremongering and misinformation, Andrew Bridgen MP was finally suspended from the Conservative party

Turning a Blind Eye to Better Evidence: Dr Aseem Malhotra’s viral COVID-19 scaremongering

Citing poor data from a dubious journal, Dr Aseem Malhotra proves that vaccine scaremongering is dependent on stoking gut-level hunches, and ignoring better quality research.

The ‘Experimental Invisibles’: tracking the roots of the anti-vaxx movement in Brazil

As the anti-vaxx movement grew in Brazil, the team from investigative podcast Ciência Suja follows the key figures involved in spreading vaccine misinformation

The Better Way anti-vaxx conference hit on every single medical conspiracy theory… except one

The Better Way conference wasn't shy to throw in as many medical conspiracy theories as it could find - which is why it was surprising that nobody mentioned the moral panic around trans people

Trinidadian ‘Doctor’ Michael McDowell Claims COVID-19 is a Manufactured Bioweapon

Dr Michael McDowell's eye-catching claims about COVID-19 went viral in Trinidad and China - even though he is a doctor of 'divinity', not medicine

Has my dog got autism? The online groups that claim vaccines cause autism… in dogs

Online groups are persuading worried pet owners that the behavioural problems their dogs are exhibiting are actually signs of autism, and 'vaccine damage'

Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers

Described by some as the "Davos of COVID conspiracy theorists", the Better Way conference clearly had its sights set on undermining confidence in all vaccines
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