Posted on 04/26/2020 6:25:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A woman who was one of the first people injected as part of human trials for a coronavirus vaccine has said she is ‘doing fine’ after fake reports of her death. An online article claimed microbiologist Elisa Granato, who took part in the UK trial in Oxford on Thursday, had died following complications when taking the vaccine.
The Government later said the story is ‘completely untrue’, and warned people about sharing unsubstantiated claims online. Following the article about her ‘death’, Dr Granato tweeted about the news before making her Twitter account private. She wrote:
‘Nothing like waking up to a fake article on your death … I’m doing fine everyone.’ Dr Granato was one of two people to take part in the trial and said she was ‘excited’ to support the efforts by volunteering.
On Sunday afternoon, the Department of Health and Social Care tweeted:
‘News circulating on social media that the first volunteer in a UK coronavirus vaccine trial has died is completely untrue. ‘Before sharing unsubstantiated claims online, use the Share checklist to help stop the spread of harmful content.’
Earlier this month, the Government relaunched its Don’t Feed The Beast public information campaign to encourage people to question what they read online. The Share checklist includes basic advice, such as checking the source of a story and analysing the facts before sharing. A Covid-19 vaccine is considered the ultimate exit strategy by many experts, and scientists across the world are racing to develop one that can be produced at scale.
The Oxford Vaccine Group hopes to have at least a million doses of its candidate ready in September.
It’s unlikely that even a bad vaccine would kill her THAT quickly.
Would be nice if the writer had listed those who said she was dead but that would call for real journalism in the land of the Guardian, Reuters, BBC, etc. Ain’t gonna happen.
Actually you probably named the ones who said it.
I have it on good authority that Kim Jong Un single-handedly invented a virus which has eradicated all COVID-19 in North Korea. Sadly, since he first tested the vaccine on himself he is suffering some unexpected side effects but he will soon be better.
Media greatly disappointed. Nothing like a little hope to crap on.
I would have confirmed it and then said I got better to really mess with them.
John Roberts on the Twitter post said on Hot Mic that the press had already been vaccinated
https://twitter.com/Goldstatetimes/status/1252390291018878979?s=09
#4. Re naming those who reported on this woman’s “death” and your comment, “Actually you probably named the ones who said it”. Yes, I probably did (none listed).
Known in politics as “the short list”. Now known in the “fake news media” as “their go to list”. Same thing!
Their manta and journalistic ethic is summed up as “If it doesn’t exist, make it up”.
The NYT and Wash. Post’s journalistic ethics are simply, “If it doesn’t exist, make it up and make sure you blame Trump”.
And the rest is history (but where I come from in terms of a 50 year involvement in journalism from here to Vietnam, it is summed up as “Treason, insanity and corruption” - also known as TIC.
Remember “TICs” can kill you.
Do fake deaths come in threes, too? If so, we have this woman, and Rocket Man. Who's next?
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