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As Minnesota measles outbreak rages, anti-vaxxers continue to target Somali community

As health department officials work to contain Minnesota’s largest measles outbreak in decades, the most heavily affected population is contending with continued targeting from anti-vaccination advocates.

As of Monday, 51 people have been sickened in the current outbreak, 46 of whom are members of the Somali community.

As Mic reported in April, the Somali population in Minneapolis and St. Paul has been preyed upon by so-called “anti-vaxxers” spreading misinformation about vaccines and autism — and its an ongoing issue.

On April 30, some “vaccine-concerned groups” held an in-person “Community Resource Meeting” that seemed designed to specifically target the Somali-American and Somali immigrant population.

But as the measles outbreak rages, the latest updates suggest a developing community pushback against misinformation. Read more (5/11/17)

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Pepe the Frog  killed off by his creator after being co-opted by the alt-right

Pepe the Frog — the benign internet character who became an unwitting mascot of the alt-right — is dead.

Artist Matt Furie, who first drew Pepe for his Myspace blog in 2005, laid the problematic toad to rest on Sunday as part of a special edition strip created in honor of Free Comic Book Day. In the panel, Pepe is depicted in a casket at his own funeral. Read more (5/8/17)

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