Examines the consequences of vaccine denial & hesitancy which the World Health Organization calls one of the top 10 threats to global health. It cuts across political, cultural, racial and socio-economic lines. It’s a war anti-vax activists including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have been fighting for years. And COVID-19 is what they practiced for: A national conversation about vaccine safety & mandates
Major support for this film was provided by The R.K. Mellon Foundation and Resonance Philanthropies. Additional support was provided by Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Philmco Media, Fine Foundation, Sridhar Tayur and...
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Examines the history and consequences of vaccine hesitancy and denial. (1h 26m 30s)
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Major support for this film was provided by The R.K. Mellon Foundation and Resonance Philanthropies. Additional support was provided by Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Philmco Media, Fine Foundation, Sridhar Tayur and...