Opposition to Australian visit by US anti-vaccination campaigner

A controversial American anti-vaccination campaigner hopes to visit Australia in March to talk about what she says are the dangers of immunisation.

Anti-vaccination beliefs spread quickly on the internet. Source: AAP

A controversial American anti-vaccination campaigner hopes to visit Australia in March to talk about what she says are the dangers of immunisation.

 

But as Jessica Rich reports, pro-vaccination groups say Dr Sherri Tenpenny peddles misinformation and nonsense, and they want the federal government to deny her entry into the country.

 

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