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	Podcast:		Other News
	Episode:		Craig Egan, a man vexed by anti-vaxers
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:09:15
	Publish Date:		2019-09-07 13:00:00
	Description:		This story originally aired on Oct. 14, 2018. Craig Egan, who lives in Tacoma, stumbled into an obsession kind of by accident. It happened on FaceBook. “A friend of mine posted some graph that had an anti-vax slant to it. At that point I had no idea that this was a thing,” Craig remembers. "Anti-vax," as in people who believe that vaccinations are harmful and oppose giving them to kids. The thought of not vaccinating children in anathema to Craig. In online, anti-vaccination forums, Craig poked and prodded people who believe that vaccinating their children would harm them in some way. He initially did this by visiting anti-vaccination discussion groups. “I was very polite. I said, hey I don't agree with this. Can we have a conversation? I asked a few questions and I immediately was banned from the page,” said Craig. The people he’s needling have retaliated. They’ve complained of harassment to the FBI and have published Craig’s personal information online. Then, last summer, something
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