Celebrity medics call for measures to tackle anti vaxx propaganda on social media

A group of well known medics have written to the government to demand more action to tackle the spread of anti-vaccination misinformation on the major social media platforms.

Former junior doctor turned bestselling author, Adam Kay, Dr Ellie Cannon, Dr Phil Hammond, and former star of Embarrassing Bodies, Dr Dawn Harper have co-signed a letter to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden MP, Home Secretary Priti Patel MP, and Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP, calling on the Cabinet members to introduce legislation “to prevent dangerous lies about health and medicine being spread to millions.”