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Aug 04, 2023
The ‘Flu Shot Cheerleader’ is back — with a warning about the anti-vaccine movement

In 2009, Desiree Jennings went viral for saying a seasonal flu shot triggered her mysterious illness.

News coverage of Desiree’s new disability — mostly her twisted, jerking gait that disappeared when she ran or walked backward — went viral, and leaders of the anti-vaccine movement embraced her as a new poster girl.

Fourteen years later, Desiree’s is far less certain about the role the vaccine played.

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