‘Anti-vaxxer’ charged as Samoan government battles deadly measles outbreak
An alleged anti-vaxxer has been charged with “incitement against the government vaccination order,” the Samoan government said Thursday.
The government of the Pacific Island nation has shut down in a desperate attempt to fight a deadly measles outbreak that has already claimed 62 lives.
Amid the outbreak, the government is also fighting the spread of anti-vaccination conspiracy theories on social media, which the authorities say is “another major reason for the increasing number of deaths.”
The Samoan government’s official Facebook page, where it keeps people informed about the outbreak, has been inundated by anti-vaxxers posting warnings about vaccinations that are not supported by scientific evidence.
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