Why might she be keeping a low profile?For several weeks, anti-vaccine activists from all around the world have targeted a nurse from Tennessee, Tiffany Dover, stalking and harassing her, her employer, and her family. This post describes the kind of behavior Tiffany Dover was subjected to, offers some steps people in that situation can take, and points to the features of social media that make this kind of targeted harassment possible.
Ms. Dover was not the only – or even the worst – case of this kind of sustained harassment in the past years. The worst is probably the extensive, ugly, horrible targeting of the families who lost children in the Sandy Hook shooting.
Shortly after the vaccine, Ms. Dover passed out. Since the event was televised, the fainting was made public. Unsurprisingly, anti-vaccine activists, seeking to scare others about COVID-19 vaccines, deceptively edited the video, showing the fainting but not the nurse’s quick recovery, and the shortened video went viral.
There were videos of her being interviewed AFTER her vaccine
Onus is on the anti-vaxx cult to PROVE is not OK.
Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy is NOT proof of anything
