# Anti-vaxxers are ignorant scumbags that kill children

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**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626 "2016-09-01T01:59:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/963 "2021-02-01T17:59:08Z")

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> **[Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down major coronavirus vaccine site...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/30/anti-vaccine-protest-dodger-stadium/)**
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> The vaccine site, one of the largest in the country, was closed for about an hour, officials said.

> One of the largest vaccination sites in the country briefly shut down Saturday afternoon because maskless, anti-vaccine protesters blocked the entrance, officials said.
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> For nearly an hour, thousands of motorists in line to get a [coronavirus](https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3) vaccine shot at Dodger Stadium were stalled as about 50 people demonstrating against immunization efforts caused officials to temporarily close the site’s gates, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman David Ortiz told The Washington Post.

> The protesters, members of anti-vaccine and far-right groups, organized online, according to [the Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-30/dodger-stadiums-covid-19-vaccination-site-shutdown-after-dozens-of-protesters-gather-at-entrance), which first reported about the closure caused by the “SCAMDEMIC PROTEST/MARCH.”
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> “Please refrain from wearing Trump/MAGA attire as we want our statement to resonate with the sheeple,” a social media post for the planned demonstration said, according to the Times.

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