By TODD J. TRANUM
President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce & Executive Director of the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier
While we await more accessibility to the COVID 19 vaccine it is important that we take this time to prepare. An important part of preparing our community for more widespread availability of the vaccine is to make sure we are informed correct information and that we inform our family, friend, neighbors and co-workers. We live in an era of information overload and with that we are often subjected to disinformation. Identifying whether information, that is often being fed to us based on algorithms, is accurate or inaccurate is challenging. Inaccurate or intentionally false social media driven posts make their way into the public psyche every day. As a result, there are a variety of myths that have emerged about the COVID-19 vaccine. On January 16th we published an article in this column that was our first shot at helping dispel the myths. We have tried our best to stay in front of this topic and up to date because we think it is critically important for people to have the science-based facts. In our continued effort to dispel myths we are providing you with information we have sourced from the Centers for Disease Control, the Mayo Clinic and the National Institute of Allergy & Disease.