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    SACRAMENTO – The following is a message from Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician and state senator representing the Sacramento region, about the violent assault carried out by an anti-vaccine activist who

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    • And, unfortunately, even direct personal experience with anti-vaccine extremist harassment and violence for years prior to #COVID19 . #StopAntiVaxViolence https://t.co/kBjCEpPF6l https://t.co/DhCieGEeIx

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    Two patients who were waiting for booster shots had to help staff free a man pinned beneath an attacker who was raining punches down on him, one witness said.

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    • “his colleague stepped between him and the assailant. The attacker knocked that coworker onto the ground and then rained punches down on him,… Two patients… had to help Jahanbani and the security guard” #StopAntiVaxViolence #SB742 @protectustwt https://t.co/qTa8296efC

    • “The 43-year-old .… had been pacing in the health care provider’s parking lot,… He refused to put on a mask when asked, and attempted to enter a closed area…. Jahanbani said he was punched several times” #StopAntiVaxViolence #SB742 @protectustwt https://t.co/qTa8296efC

    • “The medical group’s vaccination and #COVID19 screening facilities have been repeatedly picketed by protesters…. Staff receive threatening messages on a near-daily basis” #stophateforprofit #StopAntiVaxViolence #SB742 @protectustwt @CAPublicHealth https://t.co/qTa8296efC

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    Messages may contain unhinged expletives, threatening tropes … or one of my interviews set to music

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    • “if you mention vaccination in the media, particularly vaccination of children, then there is likely to be a reaction…. The letter-writers also seem to use the same tropes,” #StopAntiVaxViolence I’m a UK #Covid scientist. Here’s a sample of the abuse https://t.co/pVTfDtoVAO

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    “My wife is in the ICU now. Had I gotten the meds she would have been fine.”

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    • Why would America’s Frontline Doctors attack the @MedBoardOfCA President? The Board is charged to protect patients. #StopAntiVaxViolence @AGRobBonta @CHP_HQ 'America's Frontline Doctors' sold access to ivermectin—and left patients in the lurch: https://t.co/xYmpfVPQjM

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    Dodger Stadium protest that hampered distribution is no isolated incident, says Dr Richard Pan, who has experienced death threats and assault

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    • We have a movement of people who not only want to spread the disease but have aligned with other extremist groups to actively stop people who are trying to stop this disease. 'The movement is growing more violent' #StopAntiVaxViolence https://t.co/S4qksXhfuF

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    An examination of hundreds of health departments around the country shows that the nation may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one.

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    • A consequence of @Facebook ‘s amplification of a toxic mix of vaccine & #COVID disinformation by #antivaxxers with extremism and hate & violent threats. #StopAntiVaxViolence #PublicHealth @PublicHealth @ASTHO @NACCHOalerts @CDCgov https://t.co/yp2MR0lBNd

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    Internal documents suggest Facebook has long known its algorithms and recommendation systems push some users to extremes.

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    • “Researchers inside Facebook studying the platform’s niche communities found violent conspiratorial beliefs to be connected to Covid vaccine hesitancy…. Anti-vaccine influencers had similarly embraced the opportunity of the pandemic” #StopAntiVaxViolence https://t.co/gr4Cs6GKjH