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By Erin K. Costello
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By Erin K. Costello
Spotting anti-vaccine actors hoping to scam and exploit the movement. By Erin K. Costello  We often come across stories in anti-vaccine groups that leave us feeling suspect after reading them. We try to look into each one of these stories but we don’t always have the time. Contrary to popular belief, we are not paid shills. We aren’t even paid bloggers. None of us at What’s The Harm and NO MAM have earned a cent doing what we do on these pages and this website. Most of us have real life jobs that have no connection to our online advocacy. And by jobs this includes stay at home moms/dads since that is the hardest job of all. Almost all of us who work also have kids, and some of us even go to school. Every one of us has at least one of the three things listed above. We all have our own reasons for advocating for vaccinations, but profit is not one of those reasons. Because of this aren't always able to investigate every story or claim we read about, or confirm every Go Fund Me (GFM) campaign. The fact that we all do this for free is something that makes this blog post even more interesting. Let me explain how I learned of a couple anti-vaccine shills and a bogus GFM.
By Erin K. Costello  I recently came across the post featured in the image below. As I started to write a Facebook page post to go with the redacted image, I found myself creating this elaborate comparison scenario that was becoming too long for a Facebook post. This is a common problem when pointing out stupid beliefs of the anti-vaccine movement since their idiocy knows no bounds. Leave it to anti-vaxxers to cause the allotted space of a Facebook post feel as restrictive as a 140 character Tweet.
**Most will still understand much of this blog post without reading the featured image, though I do suggest reading the post in the image before reading the rest of this blog post. |
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