Benjamin Tapper is an American

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, conspiracy theorist, and

chiropractor Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. It has esoteric origins and is based on several pseudoscie ...

, based in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

, U.S. Tapper is one of the "disinformation dozen" responsible for 65% of COVID-19 anti-vaccine misinformation and

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on the internet and social media, according to a report by the

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(CCDH) in 2021. Tapper's father is a retired chiropractor. Tapper studied at

Palmer College of Chiropractic Palmer College of Chiropractic is a private chiropractic college with its main campus in Davenport, Iowa. It was established in 1897 by Daniel David Palmer and was the first school of chiropractic in the world. The college's name was original ...

Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ...

. Tapper is a chiropractor, based in

, U.S. Tapper self-describes as a "Dr", but he is not a medical doctor. In August 2020, speaking at a

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meeting, he said that "masks have absolutely nothing to do with health, but everything to do with compliance with a false tyrannical agenda". Tapper is married.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tapper, Ben Living people American anti-vaccination activists American conspiracy theorists American chiropractors People from Omaha, Nebraska Year of birth missing (living people)