The letter explains how the data currently available shows that increasing vaccination rates or limiting medical exemptions will not eliminate measles outbreaks. “…about half of all California schoolchildren, who are fully vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, can still be infected with and spread measles, irrespective of the medical exemption rate,” wrote Dr. Shira Miller, founder and…
Month: July 2019
FB Fact Checker Misinforms Users About Vaccine Safety
Facebook “Fact-Checker” Misinforms Users about Vaccine Safety by Jeremy R. Hammond June 17, 2019 A Facebook “Fact-Checker” feature purports to identify misinformation about vaccines while itself blatantly lying to the public about vaccine safety. Facebook has unveiled a new “Fact-Checker” feature that’s now being used to supposedly combat misinformation about vaccines, but which is actually…