Sherri Tenpenny

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/sherri-tenpenny

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1. What is Sherri Tenpenny known for?Prominent anti-vaccination activist and author of books opposing vaccination
2. What was Sherri Tenpenny's job?Osteopathic physician
3. What is the international impact?Her 2015 lecture tour in Australia was canceled due to public outcry
4. Who is Sherri Tenpenny?She is a doctor who studied osteopathic medicine and later became known for speaking against vaccines.
5. What did she say about vaccines?She claimed that vaccines can cause autism and that they can create strange connections to things like cell phones, but these ideas have not been proven by science.

Osteopathic Physician: A licensed physician who practices osteopathic medicine, emphasizing a holistic approach to patient care and the musculoskeletal system.
Scientific Consensus: The collective judgment, position, and opinion of the community of scientists in a particular field of study, based on the weight of evidence.
Misinformation: False or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive or mislead.
Pseudoscientific: A claim, belief, or practice presented as being scientific, but which does not adhere to the scientific method or is not supported by empirical evidence.