Indiegogo bans anti-vaxxers from crowdfunding on its platform

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A campaign on the platform raised more than $86,000 to create an anti-vaccination documentary

Paltrow's"health and wellness" company Goop hosted a notorious anti-vaccine speaker at their 2018 Goop SummitSchneider falsely claimed that the US Supreme Court had deemed vaccines"unavoidably unsafe" and demanded the freedom to decline vaccinationMcCarthy has claimed that"people are dying from vaccinations", believes that her son caught autism from a vaccine and has pushed her opinions on the topic publicly for many yearsMaher has long spoken against vaccines...

 

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Why is this such a big deal? If someone doesn’t want a chemical injection isn’t it their body, their choice?

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