1. @Amazon donated $41,533.71 to the nation& #39;s leading source of vaccine misinformation, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), according to documents obtained exclusively by Popular Information https://popular.info/p/amazon-donated-40000-to-the-nations?r=2xf9n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter">https://popular.info/p/amazon-...
2. The money was donated to NVIC by @Amazon through @AmazonSmile, a program where Amazon donates 0.5% of purchases to a United States non-profit of their choice.
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3. The money donated to non-profits by @amazon is usually not public. But a volunteer for NVIC published the data to VaxCalc Forum, a password-protected message board for the anti-vaccine movement
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4. The $ donated by Amazon to NVIC is funding dangerous misinfo.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said those that help NVIC spread its message, "are putting the lives of children at risk, leaving them unprotected from vaccine-preventable diseases" https://popular.info/p/amazon-donated-40000-to-the-nations?r=2xf9n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter">https://popular.info/p/amazon-...
The American Academy of Pediatrics said those that help NVIC spread its message, "are putting the lives of children at risk, leaving them unprotected from vaccine-preventable diseases" https://popular.info/p/amazon-donated-40000-to-the-nations?r=2xf9n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter">https://popular.info/p/amazon-...
5. Since the start of the pandemic, NVIC has emerged a leading source of misinformation about COVID.
"Is that mask giving you lung cancer?" is the caption of one of its recent Facebook posts
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"Is that mask giving you lung cancer?" is the caption of one of its recent Facebook posts
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7. Oh, BTW, Amazon did not respond to a request for comment about its donations to NVIC. https://popular.info/p/amazon-donated-40000-to-the-nations">https://popular.info/p/amazon-...