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Anti-Vaccination Conspiracy Theories Thrive on Amazon (cnn.com)
Amid a growing measles outbreak in the United States, the role of powerful tech companies like YouTube and Facebook in spreading vaccine misinformation is under heavy scrutiny. But there is another massive platform offering spurious anti-vaccination content to people seeking information: Amazon, the world's largest online marketplace.
CNN Business: And, asked about it, an Amazon spokesperson only pointed CNN Business to the company's content guidelines page, which says the following: "As a bookseller, we provide our customers with access to a variety of viewpoints, including books that some customers may find objectionable. That said, we reserve the right not to sell certain content, such as pornography or other inappropriate content." A recent search for "vaccine" on Amazon yielded a search page dominated by anti-vaccination content. Of the 18 books and movies listed on the search page, 15 contained anti-vaccination content. The first listing was a sponsored post -- that is, an ad for which Amazon was paid -- for the book "Vaccines on Trial: Truth and Consequences of Mandatory Shots" by Pierre St. Clair, which Amazon was also offering for free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers.
UPDATE (3/2/2019): Amazon "has apparently started removing anti-vaccine documentaries from its Amazon Prime Video streaming service," CNN reports.
However, "a number of anti-vaccine books were still available for purchase on Amazon.com when CNN Business reviewed search results on Friday afternoon, and some were still being offered for free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers."
UPDATE (3/2/2019): Amazon "has apparently started removing anti-vaccine documentaries from its Amazon Prime Video streaming service," CNN reports.
However, "a number of anti-vaccine books were still available for purchase on Amazon.com when CNN Business reviewed search results on Friday afternoon, and some were still being offered for free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers."
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery. Welcome to our brave new world where it is 'common sense' to ban everything that doesn't fall in the 'consensus'. I'm waiting for the day when the internet archive gets 'purged' of subversive and 'bad' content. For the people.
Does that freedom include being able to genitally mutilate your daughter, because you believe it will prevent her from adultery later in life? No, of course not. You are free to think what you want, but when your delusion causes you to harm your child, a line has been crossed. Anti-vax conspiracy is not simply idle. The health of children is at stake.
The health of children is at stake.
355 children in Sweden who got the H1N1 vaccine (Pandemrix), have since been diagnosed with narcolepsy.
(the number may be higher now)
This has been judged to be a direct result of the vaccine.
Those 355 individuals can now never have a driver's license, or a normal job.
Sweden had to formulate a special law to give each up to 10 million SEK (1.1 million USD or so) in restitution.
There's a reason why some people are against vaccines.
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Check again.
Thiomersal was used in Pandemrix.
Also, I don't eat fish.
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