A surgeon discourages parents from vaccinating their children in a recent episode of a podcast, claiming childhood vaccines contain “aborted babies,” aluminum, formaldehyde, “baby cow blood,” yeasts, and mercury.
Responding to each false claim may detract from priority talking points. Ensuring FAQs include informational and educational resources about vaccine ingredients is recommended. Prebunking messaging could highlight the anti-vaccine tactic of using fake and “scary” vaccine ingredients to discourage vaccination.
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