Covid vaccine disinformation traced to source

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  1. slow.rider

    slow.rider Road Train Member

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    A study of the origins of fake news disinformation regarding Covid vaccines finds that 65% of the falsehoods originate from a grand total of twelve people, most of whom operate multiple popular social media accounts, and some of whom also sell "alternative medicine" supplements and books. Turns out, most of them have been spreading medical disinformation for many years - since long before the advent of covid - often simply in furtherance of boosting sales of their own "alternative medicine" products and literature.

    Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows

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  3. Doealex

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    Prior to Covid during the Obama administration, I've read in the Wall Street Journal that China wasn't giving World Health Organization their infectious disease stats. It sounds like another conspiracy theory, because I can't post a link here since the article is so old and WSJ has a paid subscription. And it's still unknown how many governments and global companies were involved in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. How do these governments want their citizens to trust these vaccines if these governments don't want to share this vital information specifically Gain-of-Function (GoF) research at the Wuhan lab?

     
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  4. jason6541

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    Good reason I have not and will never have any social media.
     
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  5. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    While posting on a social media site.....
    And yes, forums are social media.
     
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  6. Opus

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    Says NPR.....talk about disinformation.
     
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    Another reason Facebook and Twitter are a cancer to society.
     
  8. mpd240

    mpd240 Road Train Member

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    We seem to gravitate to information sites that confirm our own narrative. Everyone likes to be right.
     
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  9. Studebaker Hawk

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    The misinformation is on all sides. Every organization, person, group etc has some sort of agenda. The $64,000 question is how hard they wish to push their agenda and for what gain. Sometimes the gain is power, sometimes financial, sometimes the opposite, just to throw a wrench into the works.
    The internet/smart phones/technology has just made it move much faster than humankind has ever seen.
    Caveat Emptor is more true now than ever before.

    caveat emp·tor | \ -ˈem(p)-tər , -ˌtȯr \
    Definition of caveat emptor


    : a principle in commerce: without a warranty the buyer takes the risk
     
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    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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  11. slow.rider

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    Nevertheless, 65% of covid vaccine disinformation comes from twelve Americans.
     
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