Drinking Russian Cool-Aid Doesn't Kill Coronavirus

The anti-vaccination movement has grown over the years.  While still adhering to its libertarian roots it has now developed both a pseudo-science veneer and a radical religious right zeal.  Social media has provided the traction to turn what was once a fringe idea into a coherent movement despite it's incoherent message.   However, now the movements social media has a distinctly Russian accent.

In a research paper put out by the little-known in-house journal of InfraGard – a national security group affiliated with the FBI – experts warned the US anti-vaccine movement would also be connected with “social media misinformation and propaganda campaigns” orchestrated by the Russian government.

Since the virus hit America, anti-vaccination activists and some sympathetic legislators around the country have led or participated in protests against stay-at-home orders designed to slow the spread of the deadly virus... 

...such movements have received a boost in recent years due to their “alignment with other conspiracy movements including the far right … and social media misinformation and propaganda campaigns by many foreign and domestic actors. Included among these actors is the Internet Research Agency, the Russian government–aligned organization.”