Anti-vaxxers shifted strategies to target the right during the pandemic. But they're coming after young mothers again with a vengeance — right under Facebook's nose.
that of the people who said they weren't already vaccinated as of early October, 87% of the men and 83% of the women said they would probably not or definitely not get vaccinated.Insider was able to find Instagram posts in violation of the company'sWithin 10 minutes of searching under the hashtag"#healthykids" on Instagram, Insider found this graphic that targets moms who are against the COVID-19 vaccine.Facebook said the posts Insider found were insignificant.
A post from ICAN, an organization founded by Del Bigtree, a noted anti-vaxxer. The post was flagged and labeled by Instagram with links to reputable sources.But researchers didn't expect the anti-vax crowd to stick to issues of personal freedom and believed they would soon circulate misinformation around medical or safety claims.
"The big rhetorical point that they rely on is this well-worn fact about COVID, that it's not that dangerous to kids," Hood said."But it does kill children and make children very, very ill. While the risk might be smaller, the importance of that risk is large." An exclusive CCDH report said Joseph Mercola was fundraising for his group on Instagram through posts that targeted mothers.Once those pushing anti-vax messages identify a social-media user who interacts with milder fear-based messages about their kid's health — such as a post labeled"Vaccine Awareness Week" — they start sending those people more anti-vax content, reinforcing their fear.
And a spokesperson for Children's Health Defense said:"We believe that mothers and all other adults are grown-ups and can make logical decisions based on evidence. Unlike those who would censor alleged misinformation, we put out truthful information of all kinds and let the grown-ups decide."As for Lydia, it was her fear of a global supply-chain collapse during the early days of the pandemic that made her reconsider her beliefs.
"That's when everything started to kind of fall apart. And I started to go outside of this community and ask, 'Okay, what else do I think that is, like, really wrong?'" she said.
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