‘There will be a war if they make us take a vaccine’: Anti-vaxxers defiant as world searches for Covid-19 cure – By Andrew Buncombe (The Independent) / May 14 2020
Struck-off former UK doctor among those spearheading efforts
Disgraced former British doctor Andrew Wakefield is at the forefront of efforts by anti-vaccine activists in the US to use the coronavirus pandemic to try and persuade Americans vaccines are unsafe.
As the number of global infections from the coronavirus passes 4.3 million and the death toll approaches 300,000, dozens of drug companies and nonprofits are searching for a vaccine. Most officials agree access to a safe and effective treatment is the only way to end the pandemic, restore public confidence and restart the economy.
Yet the virus and the search for a vaccine are being used as a rallying cry by activists who claim, contrary to the evidence, that vaccines are unsafe, that they can cause autism, and that the likes of Bill Gates, co-founder of the Gates Foundation, are part of a global, self-serving partnership to hype the dangers of the disease and gain financially from finding a vaccine.
Last month, activists held an online “Health Freedom Summit” at which Wakefield and other prominent figures in the anti-vaccine world spoke, denouncing vaccines and suggesting people were exaggerating the danger represented by Covid-19.
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