Law & Crime
Tokyo Doctor Arrested for Dummy Vaccines, Forging Documents
A Tokyo doctor with strong anti-vax beliefs tried to talk patients out of the COVID-19 vaccine – and, when they insisted, gave them salt.
A Tokyo doctor with strong anti-vax beliefs tried to talk patients out of the COVID-19 vaccine – and, when they insisted, gave them salt.
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