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Why social media hasn't been able to shut down vaccine misinformation


Why social media hasn’t been able to shut down vaccine misinformation
POLITICO
12/22/2020
By Alexandra S. Levine
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Health experts have been warning about the need to prepare for vaccine misinformation since the early days of the pandemic.
False claims about the dangers of coronavirus vaccines were running rampant on social media even before Americans began receiving their first shots last week and now the months-long rollout to the entire population is giving bad information even more room to fester.
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It started with baseless rumors that the inoculations would kill or sterilize the recipients, alter people’s DNA or fail to keep up with virus mutations. Now it is expanding to more elaborate conspiracy theories in an era already rife with mistrust of government and other institutions. Social media companies are trying to keep up, but in many ways they’re already behind, given th ....

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The ultimate online misinformation test: Covid vaccines


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