Surgeon General and Elmo team up to deceive the public about vaccines

‘Children adore the Sesame Street character Elmo, whose childlike innocence and sunny attitude have made him a favorite of young and old alike. And it’s that widespread fondness for the fuzzy little red muppet that Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are betting on as they hijack the trusted childhood friend and turn him into a mouthpiece for the HHS and its pro-vaccination agenda.

Murthy recently blogged about his new video made in cooperation with the Sesame Workshop, a 30-second public service announcement heralding the importance of vaccinations. In addition to the short PSA, the HHS had several versions of the video produced — including a nearly three-minute video distributed on YouTube, through the combined efforts of HHS, Sesame Street and The Daily Dot.’

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