A virtual health summit held over the weekend featured many prominent vaccine opponents and skeptics promoting misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. One speaker, a pediatrician who describes himself as “vaccine-friendly,” falsely claimed that children and adults who are unvaccinated do not develop asthma, ADHD, SIDS, or cancer. The quote was posted on the event’s social media page and shared hundreds of times.
There is no evidence that vaccinated people have higher rates of these diseases, which also affect many unvaccinated people. The doctor who made the false claim previously had his medical license temporarily suspended and was accused of engaging in unethical research. He was also barred from discussing vaccination with patients after his state’s medical board found multiple instances of gross negligence, including one of his unvaccinated patients developing severe tetanus.
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