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    18-year-old who has advocated for vaccines is now target of harassment

    After getting vaccinated at 18, Ethan Lindenberger has become a prominent advocate for immunization. That’s made him a target for anti-vaccine harassment.
    by Megan Thielking Jun 28, 2019 2 minutes
    Ethan Lindenberger, a student at Norwalk High School in Norwalk, Ohio, who confided in a now-viral Reddit post that he had not been fully vaccinated due to his mother's belief that vaccines are dangerous.

    Ethan Lindenberger — the 18-year-old who famously got vaccinated against his mother’s wishes — is in New York City today to speak at a high-level United Nations event on combating vaccine misinformation.

    But the recent high school graduate’s planned appearance has sparked an onslaught of harassment by anti-vaccination individuals, who have flooded the phone lines of UNICEF, which is hosting the

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