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Vaccine hesitancy is associated with interacting with low-quality information online, study finds
People who frequently interact with low-quality news websites tend to express more reservations about COVID-19 vaccines, according to new research that examined behavior on the social media platform Twitter. The findings have been published in the scientific journal PNAS Nexus.
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Misinformation About The CDC's Recommendation For Kids And COVID Vaccines Is Spreading Like Wildfire
When COVID-19 was filling emergency rooms, shuttering businesses, and turning parents and teachers into experts in Zoom, everyone hoped for a cure — or, if that wasn't possible, at least a way to avoid getting it. However, when a vaccine became available, many were wary of it. Rumors quickly spread about "the jab": It gives you cancer. It was approved before enough research could be done. It restructures your DNA. All these are false, according to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, but that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from grinding.
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Right-Wing Sources are Spreading Misinformation About a Court Battle Over Canada’s Vaccine Mandates
Original court documents tell a different story than the one contained in a viral blog post from a convoy-friendly National Post columnist.
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Howard Stern Urges Meat Loaf’s Family to Speak Out on COVID Vaccine After His Death
Howard Stern is calling on Meat Loaf’s family to speak out on vaccines following the rock icon’s death earlier this month. Meat Loaf died Jan. 20. TMZ reported at the time that the singer had been “seriously ill with COVID” and that “his condition quickly became critical.” It’s unknown at this time whether or not Meat Loaf was vaccinated against COVID.
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Texas scientists’ new Covid-19 vaccine is cheaper, easier to make and patent-free
A new Covid-19 vaccine is being developed by Texas scientists using a decades-old conventional method that will make the production and distribution cheaper and more accessible for countries most affected by the pandemic and where new variants are likely to originate due to low inoculation rates.
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Alex Jones Slams Donald Trump For Telling The Truth About The COVID-19 Vaccine
Alex Jones angrily disavowed former President Donald Trump, sparked by his recent comments regarding vaccination.
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Oklahoma Guard Leader Tells Vaccine Refusers to Prepare for 'Career Ending Federal Action'
The leadership of the Oklahoma National Guard has acknowledged that its fight with the federal government over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate ultimately may lead to "career ending federal action" for troops. Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino, the top officer for Oklahoma's Guard, released a statement Thursday that opened with a forceful defense of service members under his charge exercising their "personal responsibility" and "the right to not take the vaccine."
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Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame
Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the last presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as those who live in areas that went for now-President Biden. That's according to a new analysis by NPR that examines how political polarization and misinformation are driving a significant share of the deaths in the pandemic.
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Italian man tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm
The man is so keen to get a vaccine pass he turns up with a plastic arm, but doctors aren't fooled.
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Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster Marcus Lamb dies after Covid battle
Marcus Lamb, a co-founder and the CEO of the conservative Christian Daystar Television Network who vocally opposed Covid-19 vaccines, has died at 64, weeks after he contracted Covid-19, the network said.
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How cognitive biases and adverse events influence vaccine decisions (maybe even your own)
To help increase trust in vaccines, researchers analyzed data on adverse events to address safety concerns, and then used cognitive science to show how cognitive biases feed vaccine hesitancy.
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COVID-19 disinformation backfires as Russian deaths climb, EU says
A systematic disinformation campaign in Russian media to foster doubts and misgivings about COVID-19 vaccines in the West has backfired as the death toll in Russia rises to record daily tolls, a European Union report said on Thursday.
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Anti-vaxxers finding 'clever workarounds' to Instagram’s anti-misinformation algorithms: report
Many anti-vaxxers continue to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are more dangerous than COVID-19 itself
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How badly unvaccinated Republicans are misinformed, in one stat
The median unvaccinated Republican believes the vaccines have effectively zero efficacy in preventing hospitalizations. This is not the case with unvaccinated Democrats.
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A Canadian COVID-19 study that turned out to be wrong has spread like wildfire among anti-vaxxers
An inaccurate Canadian study suggesting an extremely high rate of heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccines has been retracted due to a major mathematical error — but not before it spread like wildfire on anti-vaccination websites and social media. The preprint study, which was released by researchers at the Ottawa Heart Institute last week but has not been peer-reviewed, looked at the rate of myocarditis and pericarditis cases after Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations in Ottawa from June 1 to July 31.
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A prominent anti-vax doctor, who falsely claimed the COVID-19 vaccine could make people magnetic, had her medical license renewed, report says
A prominent anti-vax doctor from Ohio, who pushed the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines could make people magnetic, has had her medical license renewed, according to the Ohio Capital Journal. Dr. Sherri Tenpenny is an osteopathic physician who has spent years making unproven or exaggerated claims about vaccines.
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New vaccine data prove 'right wing media are killing off their own audiences': Former GOP consultant
Former Republican consultant Matthew Sheffield on Monday pointed to new polling data on the COVID-19 vaccine from Pew Research showing that Republican voters are almost singlehandedly keeping America from ending the COVID-19 pandemic.Overall, the poll shows that just 60 percent of Republican or Repu...
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The Unbelievable Grimness of HermanCainAward, the Subreddit That Celebrates Anti-Vaxxer COVID Deaths
This is not a forum that attempts to change minds. It’s much darker.
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Twitter won’t act on Nicki Minaj tweet irresponsibly linking COVID-19 vaccine to impotency
Twitter has committed to labeling tweets containing misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines, but the company says a recent Nicki Minaj tweet which claimed that “the vaccine” made her cousin’s friend impotent does not violate its rules. There is no known scientific evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine could cause a fertility problem in men or women; the CDC dedicates an entire page to debunking those fears.
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LA officers sue over vaccine mandate as police across California threaten to resign
Los Angeles police department (LAPD) employees have sued over requirements they get vaccinated for Covid-19, alleging that the department has created a “hostile work environment” for the unvaccinated and that the mandate violates employees’ privacy and civil rights.
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