Online anti-vaxxers, conflating Covid and MMR theories, are convincing parents against immunising their children
In a Facebook group for parents, a mother asks for advice following the recent rise in measles cases.
She’s received a letter from the NHS asking her to take her young daughter for the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, as it’s “dangerous not to have it”.
But she doesn’t know who to trust. “I’ve done some research but feel like a lot of the info on the web is pro-vaccine,” she writes.
Another mother is equally unsure. She’s trying to decide whether she should take her eldest for their childhood jabs and wants to work out which ones are “worth the risk”. “Just trying to learn about it all and make the right decisions. Thank you in advance,” she writes.
Within minutes, both posts have been flooded with replies – almost all of which give the same advice.
“No no no. Avoid them all,” one person says. “Once they’re injected into the bloodstream, the metals and toxins have access to the brain and every organ!” she claims falsely. “Arm yourself with information to decline because they will pressure you.”
Others share stories of children they claim have been damaged by the MMR vaccine. Some advise the parents to “just ignore” communications from the NHS. “I keep getting letters for all my kids. It’s scaremongering. I’ve threatened my surgery with harassment if they don’t stop sending me letters,” another person says.
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