Why a famous anti-vaxxer saw the light — and got the COVID-19 vaccine

Getting the COVID-19 shot is not a big deal for most, but for Heather Brooke Simpson the experience exorcised the demons of her anti-vaccine past.

“It was liberating to know I was doing my part to end the pandemic for good,” Simpson exclusively told The Post. The 30-year-old’s enthusiasm for the vaccine flies in the face of her old beliefs. Before seeing the light, she spouted misinformation that all inoculations endanger lives and exist only to boost the profits of pharmaceutical companies.