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Internet conspiracy, is it replacing scientific facts? 
When social media spreads anti-vax nonsense the only winner is the coronavirus, says PETER FROST

A COMMUNITY nurse working at my GP local practice told me a horrific story. 

When giving infants their normal set of vaccinations she was surprised how many mums were refusing to have the injections because they had read on social media “that’s how children get the coronavirus.”

Last weekend anti-vax, anti-mask and anti-lockdown demonstrators met in Basildon to demand freedom from what they called “pandemic fascism.” 

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