By: Erin K. Costello Who is Dr. Eve Krief? To put it briefly, because if I don’t keep it brief I could type all night long answering this question, Dr. Eve Krief is a Huntington pediatrician who has been a vocal supporter of children's rights to vaccinations for some time. This past December at the state NOW (National Organization for Women) conference, Dr. Krief, founder of Long Island Inclusive Communities Against Hate, which is aimed at building respect and understanding in communities of diversity, was honored for her efforts and received a Susan B. Anthony award. Dr. Krief is also on the executive committee of the Long Island-Brooklyn/Queens chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics where she works as a Legislative Advocacy chair. In recent years she has been an outspoken activist fighting for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women’s reproductive rights, abortion rights, and keeping families together instead of torn apart from each other in immigration detention facilities. Dr. Krief has also received the American Academy of Pediatrics Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019, as well as a New York State Senate Commendation Award. This is all just to name a few.... This past week in Albany, NY, the state's capital, Dr. Krief, along with other members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), met with lawmakers in the Legislative Building for an Assembly Health Committee Meeting. While Dr. Krief and her AAP colleagues tried to meet with legislators, an unhinged and very vocal anti-vaccine mob was there waiting in the hallway to welcome their arrival. These obnoxious individuals followed Dr. Krief and the others around the Legislative building from one floor to another while yelling at both the law makers and the physicians. This group of irrational individuals insulted the physicians, accused them of being bought, of being demons, of breaking their Hippocratic oath, of being cowards who do the bidding of “Lucifer and Satan,” of being vaccine injury denialists, of knowingly and purposely harming and killing children, of lying to the entire public, of “fist bumping” one another for such actions while at an earlier public meeting, of being uneducated, of being lobbyists pushing harmful legislation to “line their pockets,” and for “kicking [their] kids out of school.” These so-called “activists” against vaccines mocked Dr. Krief and others for requiring “armed guards” to escort them around Albany, as though their screaming and irrationality should not be seen as potentially threatening. These “guards,” mind you, were two NY State Troopers who were assigned to work in the Legislative building. In other words, these officers were doing what they were paid to do, keep people safe in our state’s capital. They weren’t armed guards hired to prevent the crowd from speaking their grievances or to counter the anti-vaccine protest, a protest that continuously shouted in unison “WE’RE NOT GOING AWAY.” In keeping true to that threat, members of the New York Alliance for Vaccine Rights, the group responsible for Tuesday's anti-vaccine circle-jerk, is still attacking and harassing Dr. Eve Krief on their Facebook page. Earlier this evening they posted the following post shown below, and continued their hateful cackling like a pack of hyenas in the post's comments, also shown below. This mob-like mentality the anti-vaxxers exhibited for most of Tuesday did not resemble actions of advocates or activists. Their behavior resembled that of thugs, bullies, and seditionists. Anti-vaccine extremists are merely one violent action away from meeting all the check marks to be labeled as terrorists. They break the law, use force against persons or property to intimidate or coerce government officials and those of us in the civilian population in their efforts to push their political and social objectives. The only thing missing is a targeted violent act. A year ago if I had read or heard someone compare vaccine denialists to terrorists, I would have rolled my eyes and thought this connection was nothing short of immensely exaggerated . However, witnessing this behavior of theirs in person, seeing their verbal attacks and accusations escalate and become more aggressive and more manical, seeing how there is no reasoning with their polluted brainwashed minds, and watching how animated they become when they are confronted with whom they (incorrectly) perceive as the enemy, they are no longer a group of moms protesting through their frustrations. They become unpredictable as they seem to struggle more and more to control themselves when faced with anyone who dares to question their tribal mentality. They have become consumed by this baseless hate and deal with this by choosing a target and stalking people like Dr. Eve Krief, a medical professional that never cared for their children, that did not create or manufacture a vaccine, and did not in any way harm their children. Remember back when it was the 9/11 "truthers" that looked like crazy ones? Below you will find some videos from YouTube. These are all from the March 3, 2020 protest in Albany, NY, which I attended, and back up my claims in this blog post. Some of the videos shown below are my own video and audio recordings, some are videos posted by other YouTube channels, and others are videos found on Facebook posted by anti-vaxxers. I will label each one accordingly. This first video is my own audio recording where the woman shown in the picture expresses desire to kiss Gov. Cuomo and give him the corona virus. The image is mine as well. This next video is mine that I recorded inside the Capital Building outside of the hall of Governors offices. This protest seems less like a protest but more of an angry party for those attending, right down to the lying and hiding of their toys at the end to the NY State Troopers. My own video showing the end of a brief argument between anti-vaxxers and a woman in a black shirt walking down the street. I caught up to the woman asking her if she'd like to talk to me about what the argument was about but she did not want to talk to me. My own audio recording discussing the argument with anti-vaxxers between anti-vaxxers and the woman in the black shirt. Besides myself, I do not know who the women speaking in the video are, but the man heard is Matthew McIntyre, who is currently running for Assembly District 125. Video made by The Real Truther showing Ali Hamideh harassing AAP physicians on March 3, 2020 in Albany, NY. Another video thanks to The Real Truther showing harassment of AAP physicians and legislators on March 3, 2020 in Albany, NY. My own video and audio of Ali Hamideh talking outside in Albany, NY on March 3, 2020. In this video he admits to suing the school district, not the state of NY, over medical exemptions, not over religious exemptions, and at one point even says it was unfortunate that they had to sue the school and not the state. The state of NY did not deny his son a medical exemption, but left the decision up to the school district, who in turn did deny his son a medical exemption. Ali sued the district and won. None of what Ali and his family have been through involve the state of NY or religious exemptions. Video posted to and by the Facebook page New York Alliance for Vaccine Rights depicting their members harassing legislators and AAP physicians in the Legislative building in Albany, NY on March 3, 2020. Video posted to and by the Facebook page New York Alliance for Vaccine Rights depicting Rita Palma, a known NYS anti-vaccine activist, and others harassing NYS legislators and AAP physicians in Albany, NY Legislature building on March 3, 2020.
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Dana N
3/8/2020 06:05:49 am
Hello,
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Susan
3/8/2020 06:34:43 pm
Sorry Dana but she has every right to publish it. She’s right abou lt anti vaxers , their tactics and the most information they publish. None of us need to put up with it any more. If someone makes the choice not to vaccinate, and they still have that choice, they are making to choice to home school, be excluded from sports, visiting ICUs and elder care facilities. You don’t have the right to expose others.
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Dana
3/8/2020 07:53:25 pm
She turned us away after 3 years of care. My children never had any disease. I’m talking about medical care. It’s insane to not provide care to any child. My son has mitochondrial dysfunction, I was never able to discuss it at the practice because they would not. It was an awful feeling.
Editor Unicorn.
3/8/2020 09:15:20 pm
Dana,
Erin
3/12/2020 07:34:03 pm
Sorry Susan but your post doesn’t make much sense.
Erin Costello
3/18/2020 07:08:53 am
“but I am smart enough to realize the dangers of forced vaccination,“ Too bad you are unable to recognize whether this is forced vaccination or not. Because its not. No one is forced to be vaccinated. You still have the choice for yourself and your kids, though your decision may have consequences. Every decision has a consequence. In this case, refusal to vaccinate results in losing the ability to attend public school.
Paul Alan Thompson
3/9/2020 06:09:29 am
Pediatricians should stop seeing anti-vax idiots. The anti-vax movement is child abuse, and the children of the anti-vaxxers should be removed and placed with parents who will properly care for those children.
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Jennifer
3/11/2020 05:21:54 pm
It's a blog. You can write whatever you want on your own blog. Aren't you antivaxxers always the ones bitching about censorship and free speech? 🙄
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Erin Costello
3/11/2020 06:04:42 pm
I know right! They always cry how they are victims of censorship for whatever reason yet as soon as someone says something or writes something they don't like they want to hurry up and shut that person up! Here are two hilarious examples of this, one example is of Brian Festa from CTFA and the other is from Robyn Openshaw of Green something or other Girl.
Erin Costello
3/8/2020 07:40:40 am
I find it incredibly rich that an anti-vaxxer is trying to tell me what shouldn’t be allowed to be published considering all the fake science many of you believe and share. Also, my opinion is not at all off base. I was there on March 3. I recorded and have audio of the things I discuss. This “movement” is becoming unhinged. #VaccinesWork
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Senate Trooper
3/8/2020 12:17:27 pm
I've seen several videos as well as comments from people who where there.
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Coralie Endean
3/9/2020 02:14:51 pm
This "movement" is now killing more people than global terrorism. Who is going to stop them? We should be lobbying government to stop these cultists from spreading their "fake news" before another AV driven outbreak such as the 80 Samoan measles deaths occurs.
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Long Island Parent
8/28/2021 07:41:41 am
Good lord , You clearly don’t write for a living.
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Long Island parent
8/28/2021 07:59:40 am
Continuing because the last of my comments got cut off
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