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Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid an outbreak that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children

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Tags: usa.samoa, measles, vaccines, antivax, children, activists, diseases.infectious, author.merrit kennedy, source.npr
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/06/785487606/samoa-arrests-anti-vaccination-activist-as-measles-death-toll-rises

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Title
Samoa Arrests Anti-Vaccination Activist As Measles Death Toll Rises
Authors
Merrit Kennedy
Published
Dec 6 2019
Word count
582 words

4 comments

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    Wendigo
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    I'll never understand people who promote this garbage. They can clearly see people are dying from not receiving the vaccine and that the trash they are peddling isn't working. Why push this? Hell,...

    I'll never understand people who promote this garbage. They can clearly see people are dying from not receiving the vaccine and that the trash they are peddling isn't working. Why push this? Hell, it didn't even look like he was selling anything...

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    1. [2]
      MimicSquid
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      He was selling a story of himself as savior. Just because he wasn't directly selling supplements or vitamins or something (and I don't know that he wasn't) doesn't mean he wasn't benefiting from it.

      He was selling a story of himself as savior. Just because he wasn't directly selling supplements or vitamins or something (and I don't know that he wasn't) doesn't mean he wasn't benefiting from it.

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      1. Wendigo
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        Anddddd there it is. Thanks for the info and the extra dash of frustration and anger.

        Anddddd there it is. Thanks for the info and the extra dash of frustration and anger.

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