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Peppa Pig accused of "brainwashing" children by anti-vax community

<p>Peppa Pig has been slammed by the anti-vax community, as a 2021 children's book in which Peppa gets a vaccine, has been turned into an episode of the popular TV show. </p> <p>Furious parents have accused the animated children's show for "brainwashing" young audiences into getting vaccines, before denouncing the Covid jab as a "toxic injection" that is the equivalent of "child abuse".</p> <p>The fury was sparked following the novelisation of an episode of the cartoon, Peppa Gets a Health Check, that debuted on television screens last year and comes weeks after the NHS started Covid vaccinations for younger children.</p> <p>In the animated episode, Mummy Pig takes her daughter, Peppa, to see a doctor - who measures her height and weight, looks in her ears, listens to her heartbeat, and asks questions about whether she likes broccoli - as well as taking note of the loudness of her 'oink'.</p> <p>But in the book version, Peppa Gets a Vaccination - which appears to be virtually the same plot -  Peppa is also told by the polar bear character medic, "Now it's time for your vaccination, do you know why we have vaccinations Peppa?"</p> <p>The book continues, 'Peppa put her hand up. "Yes! <span style="font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.1600000113248825px; background-color: #ffffff;">They stop</span> us from getting ill, and that helps people around us, too."'</p> <p>In an online review of the book, one furious parent wrote, "This is so wrong. Our kids don't need toxic injections, or face masks, it's child abuse. Just stop, leave our kids alone."</p> <p>Another review called the book "Absolutely disgraceful", as the parent said they would "not be letting my kids watch or read any of this s***".</p> <p><em>Image credits: Ladybird Books / Getty Images</em></p>

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Greta Thunberg hits back at Meatloaf’s claim she’s “brainwashed”

<p>Singer Meatloaf, 72, made headlines when he told<span> </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7836977/Self-confessed-sex-god-Meat-Loaf-72-threesomes-losing-70lb-climate-change.html" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a></em><span> </span>that he believes that climate change activist and teenager Greta Thunberg has been brainwashed.</p> <p>The singer also said that he believes that there is no such thing as climate change.</p> <p>“I feel for that Greta. She has been brainwashed into thinking that there is climate change and there isn't,” he explained.</p> <p>“She hasn't done anything wrong, but she's been forced into thinking that what she is saying is true.”</p> <p>The now 17-year-old has since hit back saying that climate change is bigger than the both of them.</p> <p>"It's not about Meatloaf. It's not about me. It's not about what some people call me. It's not about left or right. It's all about scientific facts. And that we're not aware of the situation. Unless we start to focus everything on this, our targets will soon be out of reach," Thunberg wrote.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">It’s not about Meatloaf.<br />It’s not about me.<br />It’s not about what some people call me.<br />It’s not about left or right.<br /><br />It’s all about scientific facts.<br />And that we’re not aware of the situation.<br />Unless we start to focus everything on this, our targets will soon be out of reach. <a href="https://t.co/UwyoSnLiK2">https://t.co/UwyoSnLiK2</a></p> — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1214150289378435072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <p>Meatloaf shares the same view as US President Donald Trump, who tweeted that Thunberg should “stay in school”.</p> <p>The pair have a relationship that stemmed from an appearance from Meatloaf on the 2010 season of Trump’s show<span> </span><em>The Apprentice</em>. </p>

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