Social media platforms like Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and YouTube are starting to reckon with the role they've played in the persistent popularity of vaccine skepticism.
Nurses celebrating coronavirus vaccines face skepticism, scorn on social media
Sarah Frier, Bloomberg
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Health-care workers wait to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 18, 2020.Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
When the first coronavirus vaccines were administered last week, many front-line health-care workers across the U.S. posted celebratory photos on social media. In what was meant to be a triumphant moment, some found themselves the targets of skeptical or even scornful comments from people opposed to vaccines.
A nurse on Twitter with the handle @saruhhdanae shared a picture of her getting the Pfizer shot, in a post with eight exclamation points. Soon, amid notes of congratulations and appreciation, came responses from people declaring they would be too afraid to take it, predicting terrible side effects, or worse. I made a choice for myself and all kinds of people are predicting my