Mastodawn

📚 According to a 2021 study by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate, a "Disinformation Dozen" produce 65% of misinformation about vaccines on popular social media platforms.

👉🏽 Kennedy is #2 on the list.

Most of these anti-vaxxers were able to keep their social media accounts despite repeatedly violating the TOS for those platforms.

🌐 https://252f2edd-1c8b-49f5-9bb2-cb57bb47e4ba.filesusr.com/ugd/f4d9b9_b7cedc0553604720b7137f8663366ee5.pdf

@publichealth #publichealth #vaccines
#socialmedia #antivaxxer #disinformation #bigtech #Facebook #YouTube #Instagram #Twitter #tech

Drew Crecente (they/them)1d ago

US health secretary Kennedy, who has promoted anti-vaccine misinformation and demonized the CDC, waits until the day after a deadly shooting at CDC to publicly respond.

😞 The shooter lived in Kennesaw, GA, a city with an ordinance requiring #gun ownership. (look it up)

👉🏽 Disinformation + hateful rhetoric + gun ownership creates a path that will eventually lead to violence.

💬 "Early reports indicate the gunman was motivated by vaccine disinformation, which continues to pose a dangerous threat to public health and safety."
- Union representing CDC staff

🌐 https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/rfk-jr-posted-fishing-pics-as-cdc-reeled-from-shooting-linked-to-vaccine-disinfo/

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https://archive.ph/riFWx

#misinformation #disinformation #criticalthinking #publichealth #antivaccine #CDC #gunviolence #Kennedy #antivaxxer @publichealth

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC.

Ars Technica

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

Boy, antivaxxer attempting a mass shooting at the CDC and killing a police officer has been just buried in the news.

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/active-shooter-reported-atlanta-emory-university-cdc/

#antivaxxer #crime #CDC

Gunman dead in Atlanta shooting near CDC and Emory University; officer killed, police say

Police in Atlanta say the suspect is dead and there is no ongoing threat after reports of an active shooter near Emory University and the CDC headquarters.

News Beep 2d ago

Child’s death drives churches to call out coercive control and cult-like behaviour

How did one man convince 13 other people to let an eight-year-old girl die? This is the question…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #antivaxxer #AU #Australia #brendanstevens #christian #coercivecontrol #compass #Crime #cult #diabetes #elizabethstruhs #pastor #pentecostal #Queensland #Religion #religious #thesaints
https://www.newsbeep.com/50575/

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦3d ago

irony

#RFKJr #murderer #liar #antivaxxer #lunatic

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kali 5d ago

how ever, i mean he really has a point there, not one #antivaxxer has changed their minds due to me going after them. the whole thing with "accepting things you can't change - yadadada.

but on the other hand side, seriously now, and that is just simply where my patience ends: THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF RESPONSIBILITY WHEN PEOPLE LIKE LITERALLY GET OTHERS KILLED; RIGHT?????!!!!!

*sigh* idk anymore how to think about humanity.

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦5d ago

Dear journalists, please stop describing RFK as a "vaccine sceptic".

There is nothing wrong with being sceptical, but RFK is not a vaccine sceptic, he is an anti-vaxxer.

Huge difference.

RFK Jr cancels $500m in mRNA vaccine development in the US

Since taking office, the vaccine sceptic has made a number of changes to how vaccines are regulated.

BBC News

Zzyzx/P 6d ago

Here we go! USA cements its #antiscience posture. A #felon #rapist #fascist as the #POTUS, an #antivaxxer #conspiracytheory #nutjob as the #HHS secretary and a pliant #SCOTUS. The rest of the world will have to save our sorry ass when the next #pandemic hits.

#impeach #government #USPolitics #defeatGOP #TraitorGOP #TraitorMAGA

https://time.com/7307775/mrna-vaccines-rfk-jr-hhs/