{"id":224,"date":"2024-04-19T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationfund2.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2024-10-01T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:02:50","slug":"arizonans-deserve-better-than-vaccine-conspiracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Arizonans deserve better than vaccine conspiracies&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"224\" class=\"elementor elementor-224\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d859c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d859c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e28e7d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e28e7d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Arizonans deserve better than vaccine conspiracies and downright dangerous rhetoric <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27dda459 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"27dda459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAshley Chambers\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Featured in the AZ Mirror<br \/>\nApril 19, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fff1df1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3fff1df1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2e011b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f2e011b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an Arizonan and mother of three, it has been truly sad to witness recent legislative hearings that have been held and the bills that have advanced relating to science and public health.\u00a0<\/p><p>The legislative leadership\u2019s mistrust of medical institutions and public health officials is palpable, and one need only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/tag\/novel-coronavirus-southwestern-intergovernmental-committee\/\">tune in to the Ad-Hoc Novel Coronavirus Southwestern Intergovernmental Committee hearings<\/a>\u00a0to feel the anti-science sentiment and conspiracy theories seep deep into your bones.\u00a0<\/p><p>Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the anti-vaccine movement liked to claim that any number of ailments a\u00a0<i>child\u00a0<\/i>might have were attributable to childhood vaccinations. Since the pandemic, the rhetoric has exploded and anti-vaccine advocates have evolved into blaming nearly any ailment\u00a0<i>anyone\u00a0<\/i>has on vaccines (including routine childhood immunizations), but especially the Covid-19 vaccine.\u00a0<\/p><p>I am not saying that adverse reactions to vaccines are not real, whether that be a legacy vaccine or a newer vaccine. But true vaccine injuries are exceedingly rare \u2014 fewer than one in a million vaccinated people suffer a serious side effect.\u00a0<\/p><p>When you compare that to the number of unvaccinated or vulnerable people who are at risk for harm or death from an outbreak of disease, it\u2019s clear that vaccines save lives against a myriad of diseases. Period. Hard stop. 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