Anti-vaxxer movement
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US Votes 2024
‘The Kennedy dream’: Inside Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s run for the presidency
Vaccine critic RFK Jr has gone from ‘troubled life’ to candidate for the top job. Here’s why his rivals are paying attention.
- by Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
Latest
Anti-Voice rallies organised by pro-Putin conspiracy theorist
The official No campaign has distanced itself from this weekend’s rallies, which have been organised by Simeon Boikov – known online as “the Aussie Cossack”.
- by Matthew Knott, Sherryn Groch and Paul Sakkal
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Coronavirus pandemic
Anthony Fauci on Australia’s COVID response, AI and the next pandemic
The man who became the face of the US coronavirus response says the real global death toll is likely closer to 20 million people, and there are lessons we must not forget from the pandemic.
- by Angus Thomson
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Vaccination
Confidence in childhood vaccines declines in Australia, worldwide
Scientists are concerned anti-vaccine sentiment stoked during the pandemic might have a “spillover effect” on support for childhood and other adult vaccines.
- by Angus Thomson
Meet the cranky uncle ‘vaccinating’ people against conspiracies
Facts are often useless in the face of conspiratorial thought. So what can help convince a conspiracy theorist to change their beliefs?
- by Angus Dalton
‘Get the idiots away’: Calls for exclusion zone around hospitals after protests
A parent visiting her sick daughter has called for an exclusion zone around the Royal Children’s Hospital after anti-vaccination protesters blocked its entry.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Who’s living in fantasy land? As the election recedes, the politics of COVID re-emerges
Some have accused those who are most worried about COVID-19 of stoking fear with the same sorts of arguments as anti-vaxxers.
- by Michael Koziol
Minister slams misinformation on unvaccinated COVID-19 deaths
Yvette D’Ath says unvaccinated people are far more likely to get sick and die of COVID-19, despite claims only small numbers are doing so.
- by Stuart Layt
Opinion
Novak Djokovic
How sceptical Djokovic became a pin-up for the anti-vaccination movement
Novak Djokovic is stubborn and not likely to give up on the weird beliefs that have left him barred from entering Australia.
- by Simon Briggs
Vaccine supporters have a jab at anti-vax protesters at Brisbane rally
The pro-vaccine counterprotest was dwarfed by the larger anti-vax gathering, with police keeping the two groups apart.
- by Stuart Layt
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Coronavirus pandemic
No ‘freedom ball’ for Kelly, pro-Putin activist and anti-lockdown right-wingers
On Wednesday evening, the day restrictions end in NSW for the unvaccinated, United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly was slated to appear as a “special guest” at a $500-a-ticket freedom ball in Sydney.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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