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The belief that vaccines are dangerous and related anti-vax views
Posted May 31, 2020 07:35:53 Photo: Demonstrators at a rally against mandatory vaccinations in Sydney. (ABC News: Stephen Hutcheon and Scott Mitchell) As humanity waits impatiently for a coronavirus vaccine, a determined minority is exploiting the crisis to push the health debate down a path of …
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Hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters have defied social distancing measures at rallies in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Protesters claiming the Covid-19 pandemic was a “scam” gathered at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne on Saturday, and carried signs declaring they were against vaccines …
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Image copyright TOBIAS SCHWARZ Image caption Conspiracy theorists around the world have put Bill Gates at the heart of their stories Speculation about a future coronavirus vaccine is ramping up and social-media posts from anti-vaccination campaigners are gaining more traction online. We’ve been …
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Expert commentary from Karen Douglas, professor of social psychology at the University of Kent, UK, whose research focuses on beliefs in conspiracy theories. Why are conspiracy theories so popular? Who believes them? Why do people believe them? What are some of the consequences of conspiracy …
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A coronavirus vaccine may be a long way away, but there is already a threat on the horizon: anti-vaxxers. Once a fringe presence in America, vaccine opponents have become better organized in recent years, a development that has contributed to the worst US measles outbreak in a generation in 2019. …
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NEWS FEATURE 27 May 2020 Analysts are tracking false rumours about COVID-19 in hopes of curbing their spread. Philip Ball & Search for this author in: Amy Maxmen Search for this author in: Protesters rallying in Arizona against lockdowns held up signs carrying anti-vaccine messages and promoting …
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27 May 2020ShareSaveMarianna SpringSpecialist disinformation and social media reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesA BBC team tracking coronavirus misinformation has found links to assaults, arsons and deaths. And experts say the potential for indirect harm caused by rumours, conspiracy theories and bad …
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12 August 2020ShareSaveAlistair ColemanBBC MonitoringShareSaveReutersAt least 800 people may have died around the world because of coronavirus-related misinformation in the first three months of this year, researchers say.Many died from drinking methanol or alcohol-based cleaning products.They …
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The BBC has been criticised after one of its presenters allowed a former snooker champion to promote conspiracy theorists who claim that the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York was a hoax and that vaccines are dangerous. The corporation was accused of the “spread of dangerous health misinformation at …
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Claim: A video shows Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates briefing the CIA in 2005 about a mind-altering vaccine. In May 2020, a video (below) supposedly showing Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates briefing the CIA about a mind-altering vaccine was circulated on social media. [embedded content] But the …
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