Anti-vaccine narratives have focused on unfounded claims that receiving blood from vaccinated people “contaminates” the body. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Vaccine sceptics blocking transfusions for life-saving surgeries, Facebook groups inciting violence against doctors and a global search for unvaccinated donors – Covid-19 misinformation has bred a so-called “pure blood” movement.
In closed social media groups, vaccine sceptics – who brand themselves as “pure bloods” – promote violence against doctors administering coronavirus jabs alongside false claims of mass deaths of vaccinated people. “Cases like this spread like wildfire on both fringe and mainstream news sites and then social media, providing attention for anti-vaccine conspiracy theories,” Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, told AFP.
“Blood donations from individuals who have received a Covid-19 vaccine are safe for transfusion,” Jessa Merrill, from the American Red Cross, told AFP. “The ‘safe blood’ movement is absolutely based 100 percent in anti-vaccine misinformation,” said Wallace.Sperm and breast milk Demand for “unvaccinated” blood is unclear, but experts say it would be a challenge to procure it in countries with high vaccination rates.
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