The aim of lactivist tactics is to scare women into breastfeeding by inflating the benefits and concomitantly exaggerating the so called «risks» of formula feeding. (skepticalob.com)
The difference here is that in the case of IV fluids for lactivist purposes, there's a perfectly safe and healthy alternative in formula, whereas with vaccines, the alternative to not vaccinating is the diseases themselves, which aren't perfectly safe nor healthy. (skepticalob.com)
Outside circles of top public health officials and what are known as lactivists — advocates for breastfeeding — most Americans remain unaware that Obama breastfed her daughters, now national symbols of healthy children. (womensenews.org)