A quick thread about doing your own research.
I saw this poster as I was out for a run today. It didn’t seem to pass my common-sense test. 720 deaths? That doesn’t seem right to me. /1
I saw this poster as I was out for a run today. It didn’t seem to pass my common-sense test. 720 deaths? That doesn’t seem right to me. /1
Because I’m naturally curious, nosy, and procrastinating other less fun things I should be doing today, I wanted to read about the girl on the poster, and what her situation was. /2
I googled her name, nothing came up. Being 14, maybe she didn’t have a social media presence, or her family didn’t publicise her vaccination-related injury. So I did a reverse image search on the picture of the girl, and got a handful of hits. /3
Sites using this exact image, all talking about Rachel Scott. She’s not a random person whose Facebook profile photo has been misused, she was a victim of the Columbine shooting. /4
So, the poster is false, Janie Marie Andrewson doesn’t seem to exist (if she does, this isn’t her), and the image of a girl who died in such a tragic way is being completely, and disrespectfully, misused. /5
I don’t care to say how I feel about the person who created the poster, but the kind, generous part of me hopes that the person putting these posters up in my community did so because they are scared, and maybe weren’t aware of the lies it contains. /6
So the moral of the story is yes, do your own research, and use a bit of common sense too. Oh, and if you see any of these posters chuck ‘em in the bin where they belong. /7
(Additional link and images included so you can draw your own conclusions too, and/or correct me if necessary. I am not a professional researcher.)
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