How a Bay Area nurse became a MAHA ally
Angela Wulbrecht stands for a portrait at her home in Santa Rosa. A former trauma nurse at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae and UCSF’s Parnassus campus, she now works for an anti-vaccine advocacy group.
TL;DR
- Angela Wulbrecht, a nurse for nearly 20 years, experienced a suspected adverse reaction to the COVID vaccine in 2021.
- She now works for the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation, an anti-vaccine advocacy group, and advocates for those claiming vaccine injuries.
- Wulbrecht is involved in the defense of Andrea Shaw, who is accused of killing her twins and claims they died from vaccine injuries.
- Public health experts emphasize that while rare adverse reactions can occur, the benefits of vaccines significantly outweigh the risks.
- Wulbrecht's personal experience and her work highlight a tension between public health messaging and individuals who feel harmed by vaccines.