Ethan Lindenberger called out social media for spreading ‘misinformation’ about vaccines.
Ohio teen Ethan Lindenberger went viral last fall after starting the Reddit thread, “My parents are kind of stupid and don’t believe in vaccines.
“As I approached high school and began to critically think for myself, I saw that the information in defense of vaccines outweighed the concerns heavily,” he said. He told lawmakers that it is important “to inform people about how to find good information” and to remind them how dangerous these diseases really are.
Lindenberger’s mother, Jill Wheeler, is part the antivaccination movement that has been calling the safety and necessity of immunizations into question for “religious reasons, personal beliefs or philosophical reasons, safety concerns, and a desire for more information from health-care providers,” according to a 2016 report. She recently told NBC News that, “He’s a great kid. I love him very much, but I feel what he’s representing is wrong.
And a Minnesota 15-year-old also asked Reddit for guidance in getting vaccinated without their anti-vaxxer mother’s consent.
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