Are antivaccine groups “ hate groups ” ? Not exactly, but the answer isn ’ t entirely no, either.

Recently, Dr. Peter Hotez characterized antivaccine groups as "hate groups," and antivaxer Barbara Loe Fisher took great umbrage, accusing Dr. Hotez and the public health community of "bullying" parents of "vaccine-injured" children. Did Dr. Hotez go too far? And what about Fisher's hypocrisy, given that Dr. Hotez has received death threats credible enough to warrant police protection and Fisher herself has sued her critics, in effect trying to bully them into silence? The post Are antivaccine groups “hate groups”? Not exactly, but the answer isn’t entirely no, either. appeared first on RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE.
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