Anti-vaccination books are being sold on Amazon and the websites of Waterstones and Foyles – amid calls for warnings on items to combat the spread of misinformation. Top-selling books on Amazon include Anyone Who Tells You Vaccines Are Safe And Effective Is Lying, and Vaccine-nation: Poisoning The Population, One Shot At A Time. The number of customer reviews and ratings on books like these show there has been a big increase in purchases since the pandemic began. Sky News also found Amazon, Waterstones and Foyles are selling texts that spread other medical misinformation – from conspiracies around the coronavirus to denying that AIDS is a contagious disease. In the UK, more than 20 million vaccine doses have been administered as part of efforts to defeat COVID-19 , but worries continue that misinformation is stopping some people from having the jab. Advertisement Shadow health minister Alex Norris told Sky News: “Getting our population vaccinated is a massive priority and it is very sad to see these things so freely available. “We would hope that retailers would act responsibly and have a look at whether they want to be associated with such products and whether they want to be seen to be… Read full this story
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