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    Meet the Uber driver on a mission to troll the ‘Vaxxed’ anti-vaccine road trip

    Craig Egan spent his summer chasing the Vaxxed bus across the U.S. to protest its anti-vaccine message. He's not sure he's changed minds. But he's had fun.
    by Rebecca Robbins Sep 05, 2017 6 minutes

    When anti-vaccine activists gather in the shadow of the big black “Vaxxed” bus, it’s easy to spot the guy who’s there without an invitation.

    He’s the protester holding a homemade sign declaring that vaccines save lives. He’s often wearing a T-shirt with the name of the polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk, stylized like the logo of a rock band. You might even spot him filming a lighthearted video updating his online followers on his quest to chase down the Vaxxed bus tour, which grew out of a controversial anti-vaccination documentary with the same name.

    Craig Egan estimates he’s put 7,000 miles on his Toyota Prius subcompact this summer following the bus tour everywhere from the Pacific Northwest to Missouri. And no, he does not mind being called a troll. In fact, he embraces it. He even plans his T-shirts to be as annoying as possible.

    “I enjoy being, frankly, a pain in the ass to anti-vaxxers,” Egan told STAT last week

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