Manila, Oct 2, 2026 (AFP) - Viral anti-vax posts weaponise Philippine inoculation fears

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2026-10-02

When Jenette Torres Odena's three-year-old son fell ill days after receiving a jab as part of a Philippine vaccination drive, his photograph quickly spread on Facebook alongside claims the inoculation had killed him. Doctors found no link between the boy's condition and the measles-rubella vaccine, and he went on to fully recover, but by then his image had appeared in anti-vaccine videos viewed hundreds of thousands of times. "I felt like crying,......

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