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Chelsea Clinton's Campaign Against Vaccine Misinformation Began When a Stranger Accosted Her
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Chelsea Clinton is on a mission to combat the small but vocal anti-vaccine movement, and it all started after an alarming encounter with a stranger.
Clinton, 41, the former first daughter and a health advocate who hosts the podcast In Fact with Chelsea Clinton, tells PEOPLE that she "really became aware of the anti-vaccine movement and industry in this country" back in 2014, when she was pregnant with her first child, daughter Charlotte.
Walking through Madison Square Park in New York City to meet a friend, a woman suddenly approached her.
"This woman came up to me and she said, 'Are you Chelsea Clinton?' And I said, 'Yes.' And she grabbed my hand and she looked at me so intensely and she said, 'Please tell me you're not going to vaccinate your child.' I was so taken aback. I said, 'You know what, I am going to vaccinate my child. Of course, I'm going to vaccinate my child.' "
"And she then just launched into this [speech] that I was killing my child, it's dangerous. She would hope I would have a different view," Clinton continues. "And I was so taken aback by that experience that it prompted me to really start looking into how many people hold these views."
Clinton, 41, the former first daughter and a health advocate who hosts the podcast In Fact with Chelsea Clinton, tells PEOPLE that she "really became aware of the anti-vaccine movement and industry in this country" back in 2014, when she was pregnant with her first child, daughter Charlotte.
Walking through Madison Square Park in New York City to meet a friend, a woman suddenly approached her.
"This woman came up to me and she said, 'Are you Chelsea Clinton?' And I said, 'Yes.' And she grabbed my hand and she looked at me so intensely and she said, 'Please tell me you're not going to vaccinate your child.' I was so taken aback. I said, 'You know what, I am going to vaccinate my child. Of course, I'm going to vaccinate my child.' "
"And she then just launched into this [speech] that I was killing my child, it's dangerous. She would hope I would have a different view," Clinton continues. "And I was so taken aback by that experience that it prompted me to really start looking into how many people hold these views."
Clinton researched and discovered how deeply sown these ideas are in pockets of the country.
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But, she does have both a masters & PhD. Her undergrad degree is in history, from Stanford.
At Oxford University in 2003, Clinton completed a Master of Philosophy degree in international relations.[33] Her 132-page thesis was titled The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria: A Response to Global Threats, a Part of a Global Future, supervised by Jennifer Welsh and Ngaire Woods.[34] Following her graduation, she returned to the United States.[24]
In 2011, Clinton transferred back to University College, Oxford, from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University to complete her Doctor of Philosophy degree in International Relations.[35] She stated this was to be under her preferred doctoral advisor, Ngaire Woods.[36] She finished her dissertation in New York City[37] and was awarded the degree in May 2014.[38] Her dissertation was titled The Global Fund: An Experiment in Global Governance.[39][40]
In 2011, Clinton transferred back to University College, Oxford, from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University to complete her Doctor of Philosophy degree in International Relations.[35] She stated this was to be under her preferred doctoral advisor, Ngaire Woods.[36] She finished her dissertation in New York City[37] and was awarded the degree in May 2014.[38] Her dissertation was titled The Global Fund: An Experiment in Global Governance.[39][40]
The Wagner School of Public Service is in there. Maybe that's why you remembered public health.
Bill and Hillary must be so proud of her. 
