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No, Washington State is Not Building Internment Camps for the Unvaccinated

Fact Checking, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Washington
Posted on AllSides January 18th, 2022
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A Washington State Board of Health (SBOH) meeting faced a number of complications before it even started. Ahead of the Jan. 12, 2022, gathering, online rumors spread claiming that the state was considering interning unvaccinated people in the state. 

Snopes readers sent us a number of posts, including this one by Law Enforcement Today, a media outlet that claims to be “run for and by law enforcement.” The post alleges that, “Washington State is looking to amend a state law which would allow the state to involuntarily detain state residents as young as...

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