Anti-vaccine campaign ‘very concerning,’ says Ontario’s health minister

By Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press Wed., Feb. 27, 2019 An ad campaign from a group of open vaccine skeptics that briefly dotted some streets in the Toronto area represents a “very concerning” development in the ongoing fight against misinformation, Ontario’s health minister said Wednesday. Christine Elliott expressed fundamental disagreement with the billboard ads paid for by Vaccination Choice Canada, an advocacy group that describes its mandate as ensuring people are fully informed and educated about immunizations for themselves and their children. The campaign, which rolled out across more than 50 digital billboards around the city last week but appeared to have been taken down ahead of schedule on Wednesday, featured a rotation of four slogans and direct questions that a group spokesman said aimed to ensure that Canadians are “truly informed” when they consent to getting vaccinated. The group’s vice-president, Ted Kuntz, said the company responsible for disseminating the campaign faced pressure from an “unknown” source to remove the ads, saying the move suggests Ontario’s public policy does not support public education. Elliott disagreed, lamenting the amount of public misinformation on medical subjects, redoubling calls for Ontario residents to get their vaccines and suggesting failure to do so has… Read full this story

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