We have talked about how anti-vaccine influencers use propaganda to scare and trick people into skipping or delaying getting vaccinated and protected before.
1. Declare an outbreak mostly affecting those who are unvaccinated.
2. Encourage people to get vaccinated.
3. Outbreak continues because there are still a lot of unvaccinated people in these communities listenting to anti-vaccine influencers…
Hopefully that has helped you spot this kind of propaganda on your own now…
How Anti-Vaccine Influencers Trick You
Can you see why the above post from Liz Churchill is typical anti-vaccine propaganda?
That’s right, she is reposting a HighWire video that is blaming the South Carolina measles outbreak on a vaccination push that happened well after the outbreak was underway.
“In South Carolina, the strains have not shown any difference from the predominant strain in the United States.”
DPH Media Briefing Measles Update 2-18-26
An outbreak that has been caused by the wild type, D8-9171 strain of measles, not a vaccine strain.
And a post that is ignoring the simple fact that even when people get a rash and/or fever from their MMR vaccine, they aren’t contagious, don’t spread measles, and can’t start an outbreak!
Blame the Anti-Vaccine Influencers
What else can you take away from the above post from Liz Churchill?
Hopefully, it is not that we should blame unvaccinated people for these kinds of outbreaks.
No, it is that we should instead blame the anti-vaccine influencers who continue to push propaganda and misinformation that is scaring already anxious parents and convincing them that it is better to get measles, or even measles encephalitis, than to get vaccinated and protected.
More on Anti-Vaccine Tricks
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Last Updated on February 20, 2026
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