Posted on 02/03/2022 4:12:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
When U.S. President Joe Biden accused Facebook of "killing people" by spreading vaccine lies in July, many experts and researchers hoped it marked the beginning of a White House battle against a flood of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic coursing through the United States.
Six months later, the deluge of misinformation continues and entities combating harmful information want the White House to do more. COVID-19 deaths recently hit their highest in almost a year, with over 2,600 people dying on average each day. U.S. studies show the unvaccinated are dying at much higher rates than those with jabs and boosters.
"The problem of vaccine misinformation was big a year ago and it is still big now," said David Lazer, who co-leads the Covid States Project. Fighting misinformation "requires continued focus and attention and effort," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Everything they called “misinformation” has been proven true.
I see the media using Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University more than Fauci.
One of my poker buddies who was triple vaxxed was just hospitalized with COVID. Fauc you, Fauci.
They’ll do anything but engage in a meaningful conversation between credentialed people.
I guess he doesn’t know when people are bluffing. Hope he ends up okay.
“Why Biden Has Eased Up on Facebook Over COVID Misinformation”
Biden realized the backchannel spigot of big bucks will get turned off if FB keeps losing market value like they did today. ($200 billion...pffft)
“U.S. studies show the unvaccinated are dying at much higher rates than those with jabs and boosters.”
Misinformation like this is what’s killing people.
Actually, $252 billion.
“Actually, $252 billion.”
Sweet!
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