Lira Galore Dragged By Black Twitter For Questioning Kid Vaccinations

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Lira Galore found herself at the center of an exquisite dragging via the collective known as Black Twitter after posing a question regarding vaccination children. With the Internet personality seemingly all in with the anti-vaxxer squad, Galore had her share of supporters but for the most part, sensible people chimed in. On Jan. 21, Galore posed the question to her Twitter followers, asking, “Thoughts on vaccinating your newborns/infants?” https://twitter.com/_LiraGalore/status/1219679617625329664 One Twitter user, @TrelloDeLaGetto, took a screengrab of the question and some of the responses. There was also some additional commentary from the star born Lira Mercer that harkened back to the debunked conspiracy theories around vaccinations. Despite the myths being disproven time and again, a number of people online stood with Galore in solidarity despite being loud and wrong. https://twitter.com/TrelloDeLaGetto/status/1219713826037424135

From there, a boatload of comments and jokes ensued, and it isn’t clear if any of the messages about the importance of vaccinations and their well-documented safe uses over the years got through to Galore. Galore and her supporters stuck to some tired tropes, saying that two genetic disorders, Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease, are the resulting conditions to come if one exposes their children to vaccinations. Yep. We know how it sounds. That said, it looks like a lot of people out here are putting their babies and their own health at risk following some spook science. If you want a more educated take on the myths of vaccination, check out this article from Medical News Today. Check out the reactions to Lira Galore’s anti-vax ask below. But before you start scrolling, check out the doozy right under this sentence. https://twitter.com/_LiraGalore/status/1219707932121628673 — Photo: Getty

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Idk what’s making my head hurt worse: -The fact that Lira Galore is a millionaire and asking Twitter for vaccine advice -The fact that most of the anti-vaxxers in the mentions have some sort of Nipsey reference in their handle and are using YouTube clips to back their argument https://t.co/dF5huQOl13
— Blake Dobyns (@BlakeDobyns) January 21, 2020

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So, that's why I don't remember being born. pic.twitter.com/2mHRpxY9Zv
— J.J. Rah Kay (@JJRahKay) January 22, 2020

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Nope. Never. She’s had an occasional cold and stomach bug, but that’s it. We’ve been building her immune system with breastmilk and nutritious food.
— La (@beatbyla_) January 21, 2020

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Please do it. The only way immunocompromised people can be safe (they can’t even handle the tiny bit of virus in a vaccination) is if there is heard immunity. So many diseases that we thought we’d never really see again are coming back bc of ppl not vaccinating
— ethereal bisexual (@jenmariaa) January 21, 2020

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Please Stop asking people who get their news from theshaderoom about infant medical advice. Go get the baby vaccinated. I beg.
— Kristin (@herekittykittee) January 21, 2020

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I got vaccinated. 12 years later I broke my toe. Science can't explain that.
— hat trick swaze (@bobbytg1stu) January 22, 2020

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Wasn’t Lira Galore doing crack pregnant? But is scared of a vaccine… okay
— Maya (@mayaXerica) January 22, 2020

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ALWAYS VACCINATE! The reason why these old diseases aren’t around anymore cuz of herd immunity. But as soon as 1 unvaccinated child gets a disease, the strain mutates/changes & the vaccine is rendered ineffective & everyone else will get sick.
— Apsara আহমেদ (@ApsuuBabyy) January 22, 2020

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Ass shots? Sign me up! Silicone tits? Great! Nose jobs? Excellent! Liposculpture? Fantastic. Vaccines? HOLD ON NOW, WAIT ONE MINUTE! WHAT ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS, HMMM?
— Grittney Spears (@brownandbella) January 21, 2020

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Whew these replies. Idk what’s worse-the 800k hospital bill you’ll be receiving when your child steps on a rusty nail and gets tetanus, or the fine you’ll inevitably receive for trying to send your mini health risk to school.
— Makeba (@kIKididit) January 21, 2020

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please vaccinate your baby, it’s anti-vax people that are the reason people are getting mumps and measles and dying from it again
— chaotic good (@whotfisjustice) January 21, 2020

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Please vaccinate your child. It is no coincidence that the resurgence of previously eradicated pathogens like Measles, is due to parents and caregivers who decline to vaccinate their children and then expose their unvaccinated children to infants who are not yet fully immunized.
— Rx Neo (@sirmugabo) January 22, 2020

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