Mary Wilson
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Posted: Nov 13, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Adam Miller
Antisemitism, racism, misogyny, unfounded character assassinations and disturbing threats of physical violence and even death.
Those are just some of the daily hate-filled messages sent to Canadian front-line health-care workers, public health advocates, academics and experts speaking out on the benefit of COVID-19 vaccines and against misinformation.
One health-care worker told CBC News under condition of anonymity that they received a suspicious package at their place of work that led to an evacuation.
Another discussed the debilitating mental health issues they developed as a direct result of the volume and intensity of personal attacks and the dozens of baseless professional complaints made against them.
... But a disturbing rise in aggressive online harassment of health-care workers across Canada has been largely met with inaction, prompting calls for governments, regulators and social media companies to do more to protect those on the front lines.
... "Imagine having an emboldened mob of people yelling and screaming at you every day, constantly, when from your perspective you're really just trying to do good. You're actually trying to provide the advice that is going to protect people from dying," ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/anti-vaxxers-canada-online-hate-healthcare-workers-safety-1.6247682
Adam Miller
Antisemitism, racism, misogyny, unfounded character assassinations and disturbing threats of physical violence and even death.
Those are just some of the daily hate-filled messages sent to Canadian front-line health-care workers, public health advocates, academics and experts speaking out on the benefit of COVID-19 vaccines and against misinformation.
One health-care worker told CBC News under condition of anonymity that they received a suspicious package at their place of work that led to an evacuation.
Another discussed the debilitating mental health issues they developed as a direct result of the volume and intensity of personal attacks and the dozens of baseless professional complaints made against them.
... But a disturbing rise in aggressive online harassment of health-care workers across Canada has been largely met with inaction, prompting calls for governments, regulators and social media companies to do more to protect those on the front lines.
... "Imagine having an emboldened mob of people yelling and screaming at you every day, constantly, when from your perspective you're really just trying to do good. You're actually trying to provide the advice that is going to protect people from dying," ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/anti-vaxxers-canada-online-hate-healthcare-workers-safety-1.6247682