Billboards posted by anti-vaccine group in GTA being removed, advertising company says

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The billboards were posted by Vaccine Choice Canada around the Greater Toronto Area, and suggested that vaccines are risky and that children don’t need to be immunized to attend school

An anti-vaccine group's billboard ads throughout the city, this one across from the Eaton Centre on Yonge Street in Toronto, on Feb. 26, 2019.Dozens of billboards posted by an anti-vaccine group in the Greater Toronto Area are being removed, according to the advertising company that posted them.

The billboards, posted by anti-vaccine group Vaccine Choice Canada, suggest vaccines are risky and that children don’t need to be immunized to attend school. Vaccine Choice Canada could not be reached immediately for comment. Earlier this week, Vaccine Choice Canada said the purpose of the campaign was to educate people. The group did not respond to questions about how the billboards were funded.Several public health officials condemned the advertising campaign.

 

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Should have never gone up in the first place. Anything for money.

Hopefully a vaccine will be invented to help stupid people, i.e. anti-vacc'ers.

Bring on the measles

Providing 'necessaries of life' is in the Criminal Code.

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YES. THANK YOU. DO NOT PROMOTE DANGER.

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