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Twitter Is Totally Fine With Nicki Minaj’s Anti-Vax Swollen Balls Tweet
Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend in Trinidad is impotent, has swollen balls, and his fiance has called off their wedding as a result of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is according to a viral tweet that the rapper posted Monday evening. Unfortunately, like most stories that begin with the line “my cousin’s friend told me…”, Minaj failed to provide any evidence to support her claim. Instead, she warned her 22 million Twitter followers not to be bullied into getting the vaccine.
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Florida radio host who called himself ‘Mr Anti-Vax’ dies of Covid-19
A conservative radio host from Florida who criticised coronavirus vaccination efforts – and called himself “Mr Anti-Vax” – before contracting Covid-19 himself has died, his station said on Saturday.
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The YouTubers who blew the whistle on an anti-vax plot
A mysterious marketing agency secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread disinformation about Covid-19 vaccines. Their plan failed when the influencers went public about the attempt to recruit them. "It started with an email" says Mirko Drotschmann, a German YouTuber and journalist. Mirko normally ignores offers from brands asking him to advertise their products to his more than 1.5 million subscribers. But the sponsorship offer he received in May this year was unlike any other.
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Sean Penn Doubles Down to Make Vaccination Mandatory in Theaters and on Set – ScreenBinge
Sean Penn, along with Sharon Stone and Matt Damon, are trying their best to convince people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But, unfortunately, there are many people who just fear the jab, and then there are also many that believe in conspiracy theories against the vaccine.
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‘We don’t care how they do it in the Lower 48’: The Alaskans refusing the vaccine
‘I work in the woods and I don’t socialize,’ says one Alaskan whose grandfather died fishing at sea and whose uncle was mauled by a bear
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‘I Can’t Watch Them Die’: Doctor Won’t See Unvaccinated Patients
An Alabama doctor is taking a stand by refusing to see unvaccinated patients. When asked about his decision, Dr. Jason Valentine, a physician at Mobile's Diagnostic and Medical Clinic Infirmary Health, offers a blunt but simple explanation: "If they asked why, I told them COVID is a miserable way to die and I can't watch them die like that."
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Mark Zuckerberg says vaccine hesitancy is not a social media problem, "unique" to America
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it would be inaccurate to portray vaccine hesitancy as a social media problem because of its "unique" prevalence among Americans.
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Facebook Is Helping Violent Militias Spread COVID Vaccine Conspiracies
Violent militia groups have become “key” spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, and now those groups are using the platform to boost their online followings and urge new followers to engage in violent, real-world protests.
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COVID Skeptics Are Refusing Life-Saving Blood Transfusions from Vaccinated Donors
Blood centers say they’re hearing from transfusion patients demanding blood from unvaccinated donors. Experts say the option is neither practical nor medically justifiable.
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COVID Anti-Vaxxers Aren’t a MAGA Death Cult — It’s Worse Than That
Deathbed regrets from vaccine resisters speak volumes about the brokenness of conservatism
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests People Encouraging Others to Get Vaccinated Should Be Shot
“We all love our Second Amendment rights, and we’re not real big on strangers showing up on our front door, are we? They might not like the welcome they get.”
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Ex-Newsmax Host Who Called Fauci ‘Lying Freak’ Dies of COVID
An anti-vaccine right-wing radio host in West Palm Beach, Florida died Wednesday from COVID-19 complications. Dick Farrel, 65, used his local talk show and social media to rail against Dr. Anthony Fauci, who he called a “power tripping lying freak,” and say that no one should get the coronavirus vaccine. When COVID-19 sent him to the hospital for three weeks, though, he changed his tune, urging friends to get vaccinated, friends told local station WPTV.
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Inside the black market for counterfeit COVID vaccine passes
My personal "fake vaccine pack" came advertised with an animated gif. Set against a floral-patterned carpet, the gif rapidly zoomed in and out of a neatly arranged spread: four fake paper vaccine cards stamped with the logo of the U.K.'s National Health Service, paired with a piece of official-looking blank paperwork, and—for authenticity's sake—my (real) first name, and the date of the request. In this world, I had received two (phantom) doses of AstraZeneca. In reality, I am fully vaccinated—with two doses of Pfizer.
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Cognitive Biases Make Reasoning About Vaccines Difficult
When it comes to thinking about the likelihood of events in the world, humans are woefully lacking. Indeed, when we reason about likelihoods and probabilities, we’re susceptible to all manner of mistakes. Psychologists call these susceptibilities cognitive biases. Cognitive biases can lead to faulty thinking and bad decision-making, sometimes with life-and-death consequences.
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Jennifer Aniston Hits Back at Criticism Over Her Decision to Cut Non-Vaccinated People Out of Her life
Jennifer Aniston is looking at the bigger picture when it comes to the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The Friends star, 52, was met with criticism recently, after she revealed that she cut ties with "a few people" in her inner circle because they didn't get vaccinated or disclose their vaccine status. And on Thursday, she faced her detractors head-on, sharing her thoughts on the subject again to her Instagram Story.
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People with a conspiracy mindset are no less likely to accept vaccines — so long as their friends accept them, too
A study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology sheds light on a promising avenue for reducing vaccine hesitancy. The researchers found that when people with a conspiracy mindset perceived their social circle as being supportive of vaccines (including a COVID-19 vaccine), their intention to get vaccinated was just as high as those without a conspiracy mindset. The findings suggest that the views of pro-vaccine friends can be leveraged to reduce the negative impact of conspiracy mentality on vaccination intentions.
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Unvaccinated man shares heartbreaking Covid-19 video diary from ICU - CNN Video
A Virginia dad is chronicling his story of battling Covid-19 in a series of Facebook videos and says he made a mistake by not getting vaccinated. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.
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I'm An ICU Doctor And I Cannot Believe The Things Unvaccinated Patients Are Telling Me
“We can’t let COVID win.” This was my colleague’s mantra when the pandemic started last year. And for the almost 18 months since, health care workers have rallied to the battlefields, even at times when we had no weapons to brandish.
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Study: Understanding negative vaccine view of skeptics could get more people vaccinated
Survey data collected at an anti-vaccine conference in Poland suggests most vaccine skeptics and antagonists are motivated by a generalized negative attitude to vaccines, not direct experience.
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‘What’s Covid?’ Why People at America’s Hardest-Partying Lake Are Not About to Get Vaccinated
The petite blonde bartender in ripped jean shorts bounced to each side of a square-shaped bar as women in bikinis and shirtless men lined up on a sweltering afternoon to order Bud Light, vodka and soda, and piles of nachos at this dockside retreat in the Lake of the Ozarks region.
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