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More On the Anti-Vax Ad Running in Times Square, and How to Get it Pulled

First, read this. Then sign the petition. 

Then, if tweet @DisneyChannelPR and tell them to pull this ad from their 5,000 square foot screen in Times Square, where millions of people will see it. Use the hashtag #ABCsSickNYE.

If you need irony to fuel your anger, Jenny McCarthy will be co-hosting ABC’s NYE coverage. Help prevent potentially millions of people from being fed dangerous, unscientific lies. 

I mean, if anywhere on Earth could be considered a public health/communicable disease nightmare in the making, it’s a bunch of drunk people in Times Square swapping spit at midnight.

Here’s the ad in question:

(via Skepchick)

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    • #new year's eve
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