As Australia begins to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine, Sky News Australia will bring audiences a revealing and highly topical new investigative documentary Big Shots: Anti-Vaxxers Exposed.
The one-hour special exposes the truth behind the anti-vaccination campaign.
After decades persuading parents to avoid vaccinating their children against common but deadly childhood illnesses, anti-vaxxers have now turned their attention to COVID-19, with a global effort to derail what is set to be the most ambitious vaccination program the world has ever seen.
Hosted by The Sunday Telegraph’s award-winning investigative health reporter Jane Hansen, the documentary takes viewers to Australia’s anti-vax heartland, Mullumbimby in Northern NSW, to speak with the country’s most prominent anti-vaxxers.
In an explosive interview, Jane comes face-to-face with controversial anti-vax campaigner Meryl Dorey, founder of the Australian Vaccination-risks Network (AVN), challenging her on the AVN’s controversial tactics such as targeting vulnerable parents and blaming health and developmental problems in some children on vaccinations.
Jane also speaks with medical practitioners, scientists and vaccine experts to give viewers a better understanding of what happens when vaccine rates fall. She examines what’s at stake if the COVID-19 vaccination program is affected, with the anti-vaxxers claiming support from celebrities such as Pete Evans and Elle Macpherson.
The special also takes a detailed look at how disgraced doctor Andrew Wakefield, who wrongly linked the MMR vaccine with autism in children, is now driving this push against the COVID-19 vaccine.
Jane also meets families who’ve not only lost children, but then been viciously targeted by the anti-vax brigade.
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