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One particularly interesting one I found was an oft-repeated story about Australia "forcing kids to get the vaccine without their parents present". This claim i
by warning26 5y ago
One particularly interesting one I found was an oft-repeated story about Australia "forcing kids to get the vaccine without their parents present". This claim is repeated in almost every anti-vax comment section -- is it based on anything?
The answer is, there's a program where parents can sign a permission slip for kids at school to get the vaccine. So, it's taking a kernel of truth "kids are getting the vaccine without their parents present", adding a bit of completely false info (the "forcing" part), and then repackaging it into a highly repostable nugget of scary misinformation.
- hammock 5y ago>One particularly interesting one I found was an oft-repeated story about Australia "forcing kids to get the vaccine without their parents present". This claim is repeated in almost every anti-vax comment section -- is it based on anything? Yes, it is. Australia did a jab campaign inviting 24K children inside a stadium, and not permitting parents to enter with their child. https://twitter.com/unhealthytruth/status/1427396086977777668?t=UwMts3h-FdywgpTnoPkrYw&s=19 https://twitter.com/unhealthytruth/status/142739608697777766...
- cygx 5y agoSpecifically, students in their final year of high school, ahead of end-of-school exams. It was an entirely voluntary operation you had to sign up for... https://apnews.com/article/health-australia-coronavirus-pandemic-ap-fact-check-ba06a8878646c33fb1ff7635a0050b7a https://apnews.com/article/health-australia-coronavirus-pand...
- warning26 5y agoI appreciate how that person evidently just...stopped reading my comment halfway through to repeat the exact same piece of misinformation. Like clockwork!
- s1artibartfast 5y agoI appreciate how they answered your question and everything they said in their post was factually correct. >Yes, it is. Australia did a jab campaign inviting 24K children inside a stadium, and not permitting parents to enter with their child This is what the misinformation story was based on, the gov invited 24k children inside, it did not allow parents.
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