anti-vaxxers

In September 2021, NBCLX Storyteller Cody Broadway travelled from Los Angeles to his hometown of San Angelo, Texas. He had been following the impact of COVID-19 on the community where he was raised and hearing about the personal toll it was taking on his own family, friends, and former colleagues. He wanted to see for himself why this city of...

For the residents of San Angelo, Texas, recently the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases, personal responsibility can mean the difference between life and death. On one side of the debate dividing neighbors in the Texas city is Caleb Wallace, who believes public health protections are taking away his freedoms. On the other side is Zach Shutterfield, seriously burned...

In September 2021, San Angelo, Texas, was considered the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases. With the latest surge of the delta variant, more than 100 people have lost their lives to the virus since the beginning of August. How did we get here? Episode 2 of “Dying to Be Wrong,” a four-part mini-documentary series by NBCLX storyteller Cody...

“Faith over fear” is a common expression among residents in San Angelo, Texas, which was considered the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases in September 2021. In episode 3 of “Dying to Be Wrong,” a four-part mini-documentary series, NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway tells stories of faith and fear – from a vaccinated preacher’s death to the stress funeral...

In San Angelo, Texas, recently the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases, “I saw it on social media” is a statement often heard by community leaders trying to fight the pandemic. In episode 4 of “Dying to Be Wrong,” the final installment of a four-part mini-documentary series, NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway explores how social media changed how some residents...

In a deeply divided Texas town plagued by mistrust of the public health authorities, some say the COVID-19 death toll is a hoax, or greatly exaggerated. Others are left picking up the pieces after a loved one passes.

“I was getting the vaccine as they were trying to bring him back from him coding,” said a San Diego woman who was adamantly against getting vaccinated until she saw COVID-19 taking her husband’s final breaths.

“It’s tricky because everyone is entitled to their own opinion — but a lot of opinions don’t feel based in anything except fear or propaganda,” the “Friends” star said.

“People have raised the issue of personal freedoms, you are making a decision about my body by forcing me to get vaccinated. And I think that’s also a completely spurious misuse of the concept of personal freedom,” says Dr. Irwin Redlener, NBC News/MSNBC contributor and Columbia University research scholar. He says getting the large majority of the country vaccinated is...

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been at the forefront of medical research and public health for decades, but he says there is a new and growing phenomenon of people “who deny reality that’s looking them straight in the face.” And in an interview with LX News Now host Eric Alvarez, he compared those who want to deny the science of COVID-19...

A private school in Miami is discouraging teachers from getting the COVID-19 vaccine— and in a letter to parents, the school says it will not employ anyone who has taken it.

Although millions of Americans are getting COVID-19 vaccines every day, the number of Millennials and Gen Z adults getting inoculated is lagging behind the pace of other age groups, even as all age restrictions on vaccine access have now been lifted nationwide.

When pediatrician Todd Wolynn started getting attacked on social media for touting the benefits of the HPV vaccine, he felt emboldened. When his communications director, Chad Hermann, had to spend eight straight days removing disinformation from their practice’s social media pages, he felt angry. And if you’re a vocal vaccine critic spreading lies online…you won’t like them when they’re...

Pittsburgh pediatrician Todd Wolynn is the superhero the world needs right now, with coordinated disinformation campaigns undermining trust in public health and proven science. He and communications director Chad Hermann are the founders of Shots Heard Round the World, a nonprofit that mobilizes doctors online to protect vaccine information.

No, don’t start reciting all these statistics that prove vaccines are safe. That’s the one thing Ethan Lindenberger, who grew up in an anti-vaxx household, and Matthew Motta, a political science and public health professor at Oklahoma State University, say should be front-of-mind when trying to get the facts across to someone who is anti-vaxx. What could work? Motta and...

Vaccines save countless millions every year. But that hasn’t stopped many, including a few celebs, from expressing unfounded fears over the years.