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The Covid-19 vaccine script that TV shows are using to fight fear and misinformation
CNBC ^ | 4-8-21 | Samantha Subin

Posted on 04/12/2021 9:41:53 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion

As doctors and health professionals race against Covid-19 vaccination skepticism, some Hollywood producers, writers and showrunners are betting that inputting vaccines into television storylines can help curb widespread misinformation.

Shows across TV networks began integrating Covid-19 into scripts, including questions about social distancing and masking, as the pandemic spread across the U.S. last March. Now, as vaccination efforts ramp up nationwide, shows like “This Is Us” — which featured a recurring character receive two doses of a vaccine in an episode last month — are integrating vaccines into episodes and audiences can expect to see more vaccination plot points, says Kate Folb, director of the Hollywood, Health and Society program at the University of Southern California.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid; despotism; propaganda; smellslikefascism; vaccine
The propaganda war continues...
1 posted on 04/12/2021 9:41:53 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

A lot more at link


2 posted on 04/12/2021 9:42:43 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

It’s not fear and misinformation they have an issue with, it’s the science and studies that show these vaccines are much, much less safe than the rest of the vaccines.


3 posted on 04/12/2021 9:43:49 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Taxpayers are probably funding this.

Obama spent taxpayer money to insert Obamacare propaganda i to tv programs a decade ago.


4 posted on 04/12/2021 9:44:08 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

GMTA.

The word “propaganda” is what came to my mind as well.


5 posted on 04/12/2021 9:46:05 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Hollywood, Health and Society program

The jokes write themselves.

6 posted on 04/12/2021 9:49:26 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

So the “entertainment” media is going to present fake narratives- just like the “news” media does.

We’re in a good spot with the elderly protected- so “news” media screams about the rise in the infected young. Who were a low priority for testing before.


7 posted on 04/12/2021 9:55:36 AM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

We don’t watch anything that mentions the farce taking place OR watch anything, or shop any place that advertises showing masks. Masks are not normal. I watch “entertainment” to get away from “the mask and faux illness” I do not want to view them while relaxing in my home! Local news and advertising are just a joke showing masked people and politicians. I do not want the non-vaccine and especially if I see it included in my entertainment.


8 posted on 04/12/2021 9:59:29 AM PDT by Pilated
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Imagine if you were offered a contraceptive vaccine and the doctor tells you that you still shouldn’t be promiscuous, but if you are, you still need to wear a condom and you still might get pregnant.

I lay this messaging issue at Fauci’s feet. His messaging suggests we can eliminate the risk of COVID if we lock ourselves in a room and never leave. It’s just not true. This virus is in the wind. IMO, COVID-19 and variants are now part of life. To live, we can only mitigate the risks as best we can and live on..or not. Same as any other risk we face on this rock hurtling through space.

My true thoughts on this weak little man cannot be fully expressed in the forum.


9 posted on 04/12/2021 10:28:34 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Not saying popular dramas aren’t effective in conditioning the people, but when I was a kid I watched a movie and then went home and ate some daisies.


10 posted on 04/12/2021 10:33:07 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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