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Should I report my teacher for sharing anti-vax views during class?

This is a community college alcohol and drug studies class in California. During class today, the teacher went on a rant about how she is refusing to get her kids vaccinated, that it shouldn’t be required and how it’s extremely dangerous. When the class started chiming in with affirming comments, I spoke up in defense of vaccinations. Her response to me was that I should research Bill Gates and what he’s done with polio vaccines in Africa. I was stunned. I didn’t even know where to start, so I just gave up. 

It’s alarming to me that a teacher is peddling this misinformation to students, but it’s the beginning of the semester and I’m scared that reporting this to the college could impact my grade. What should I do? Any advice is very much appreciated!
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I think you should approach both the chair and, if the department has one, the director of undergraduate studies. Do this ***after grades have been submitted***. Email the chair and CC the director at the same time. If you only email one person or email them separately, it'll be too easy for them to either unintentionally overlook it or intentionally sweep it under the rug. Emailing both simultaneously means they'll feel compelled to hold each other accountable.

This instructor not only believes in conspiracy theories--she believes them strongly enough to proselytize this idea. There's no point in raising your concerns again. She had no interest in your rebuttal in class, and she won't have any interest in your counterargument if you approach her in some other context.

It's difficult (not impossible, but difficult) to disabuse people of these baseless and harmful notions. If someone has a chance of convincing her otherwise, it won't be a student whom she (wrongly) sees as less informed, more naive, etc.

Academia should always be a place where many perspectives and arguments can coexist. This stance, however, is both **anti-science and actively harmful** for her children and those who come into contact with them. She shouldn't be in a position to teach others. For what it's worth, it's highly unlikely she'd lose her job over this, but hopefully a warning from people she perceives as her equals will make her rethink her boundaries and her beliefs.

Sorry you had to deal with this. Good luck with everything.