This TED Talk features activist Ethan Lindenberger recorded live at TEDx Mid-Atlantic 2019.

To start, I want to share with you guys something about my hometown of Norwalk, Ohio.

Now, as this video stated, I'm from Norwalk, which is extremely small town, about 15,000 people.

And really in Norwalk, if you want to do something

fun, you go to Walmart or drive half an hour something more interesting. And for Norwalk, I've lived there

for my entire life. I'm a senior at the local public high school. And, you know, it's something to

where I really enjoy my small town. And I'm just a normal kid. You know, I lead to debate clubs, I volunteer at my church.

And back in November of 2018, I made a small Reddit post asking for advice on an issue

that I was encountering that I needed some clarification on.

And this issue, as was stated in this introduction, was something towards vaccinations

and how

I was not immunized against various diseases, including polio and measles, as well as influenza,

HPV, hepatitis, and the standard vaccines, someone my age would receive.

Now, this question I asked was simple and pretty strange because, you know, I wanted to get

vaccinated. That's kind of weird, but, you know, it happened.

And then this turned into a public story because I wanted to get vaccinated.

So that was kind of strange, and then it blew up more, and I was doing interviews and talking

to more people.

And again, I'm a normal kid.

I'm not a scientist.

I don't lead a nonprofit.

I am, again, pretty casual person.

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