Posted on 05/02/2021 2:46:46 PM PDT by conservative98
The Biden administration is working to stamp out misinformation that might dissuade people from getting coronavirus shots, a crucial task as the nation shifts into the next, more difficult phase of its vaccination campaign.
The White House announced Friday that 100 million Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but the nationwide rollout is plateauing as fewer people sign up for shots.
Administration officials and health experts know the difficulty ahead in getting vaccines into as many people as possible, and are trying to eliminate the barriers to doing so.
Authorities need to dispel the legitimate concerns that make people hesitant, while also stopping waves of misinformation.
This past week, top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci corrected Joe Rogan, a popular podcast host who himself later acknowledged his lack of medical knowledge, after Rogan said young healthy people don't need to be vaccinated.
“You're talking about yourself in a vacuum,” Fauci said of the podcast host. “You're worried about yourself getting infected and the likelihood that you're not going to get any symptoms. But you can get infected, and will get infected, if you put yourself at risk.”
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield also joined in the criticism.
“Did Joe Rogan become a medical doctor while we weren’t looking? I’m not sure that taking scientific and medical advice from Joe Rogan is perhaps the most productive way for people to get their information,” she told CNN.
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That is a really scary concept!
(over a year passes)
"Not yet, Kamala?"
Kate Bedingfield
So we should take our medical advice from government shills?
Rogan was asked a question and gave his opinion. Many Doctors do agree.
Never trust a lib in big sunglasses.
Didn’t the CDC lower the PCR cycle count used the day after Biden was sworn in?
Partisan media shill alert.
the disinformation is coming directy from FauxChi and the cdc
This reads like they will only use that lower cycle threshold for people who already had the vaccine. Why not use it for everyone? Even the world health organization suggested using a lower cycle threshold a few months ago.
They need to explain, in language our citizens can understand, what the purpose of a vaccine is.
Then, if this vaccine is different, than they need to explain why.
This disease was instrumental in defeating Donal Trump’s campaign for the Presidency.
It appears to be a political tool and weapon.
Prove to us that it is not.
Our citizens must be properly informed in order to vote.
This stuff from the Democrats, “Because I told you to!” is baloney.
Also WHO asked labs to reconsider the maximum number of amplifications that can be used in the test in order to get a positive. Some labs are using so many amplifications that they’re picking up fragments of something that is not Covid-19.
Is Bill Gates a medical doctor?
“This disease was instrumental in defeating Donal Trump’s campaign for the Presidency. It appears to be a political tool and weapon.”
We knew this the first week in February on a cruise. The panic porn got louder. We worried for about five minutes, and then it hit us that 2020 was an election year. Tool. Weapon. Instrumental. What you said is true.
I remember the sinking feeling I got as soon as the first cases started appearing outside of China. I thought right away, this is how they’re going to get Trump.
I am sure they are stamping out misinformation as quickly as they can think it up.
Rogan. What a joke.
No wonder his podcast is so popular with millennials.
DidFauci. So far, the only thing we know for sure is that Fauci is a quack.
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