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Countering misinformation, YouTube bans false vaccine claims

Wed, 2021-09-29 18:51 — mike kraft

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation Wednesday that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its site and deleted false claims that have been made about a range of immunizations. AP NEWS

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Ivermectin disinformation causes wide variety of problems.

Wed, 2021-09-29 17:48 — mike kraft

Ivermectin disinformation leads to new kinds of chaos An avalanche of misinformation about the antiparasitic drug ivermectin’s ability to treat COVID-19 has caused a series of national problems, from increased calls to poisoning centers to a shortage of Justine Coleman TheHill

An avalanche of misinformation about the antiparasitic drug ivermectin’s ability to treat COVID-19 has caused a series of national problems, from increased calls to poisoning centers to a shortage of the medicine itself.

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Patients and doctors who embraced telehealth during the pandemic fear it will become restricted

Fri, 2021-09-17 13:05 — mike kraft

Patients and doctors who embraced telehealth during the pandemic fear it will become harder to access The public health emergency lifted restrictions on virtual care that some states are now rescinding. Frances Stead Sellers Washington Post

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ANALYSIS: How wellness influencers are fueling the anti-vaccine movement

Tue, 2021-09-14 17:44 — mike kraft

How wellness influencers are fueling the anti-vaccine movement For years, the wellness world has been entangled with vaccine hesitancy. Amid covid-19, the consequences are starker than ever. Ashley Fetters, Gerrit De Vynck Washington Post

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Webinar 12:30 PM Friday, Sept.10:: Check-Up" event on what's working to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 --Axios

Thu, 2021-09-09 20:27 — mike kraft

Join Axios for a Vitals "Check-Up" event on what's working to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. We'll take a look at how the first FDA approval of the COVID-19 vaccine and the rise of mandates in businesses and schools have impacted vaccination rates and how public health officials plan to keep the momentum going as booster shots begin this fall.

Axios Health Care Reporter Caitlin Owens and Health Care Editor Tina Reed will host one-on-one conversations with:

Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Author, Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Former Commissioner, U.S. Food & Drug Administration

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OPINION: Misguided communications are almost as damaging as COVID--The Hill

Thu, 2021-09-09 10:03 — mike kraft

Misguided communications are almost as damaging as COVID Effective communication of risks associated with COVID-19 needs to consider imparting information in a format that the public can clearly understand. Erik Rifkin, opinion contributor TheHill

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Pro-China misinformation operation attempting to exploit US Covid divisions--new report

Wed, 2021-09-08 20:40 — mike kraft

Pro-China misinformation operation attempting to exploit US Covid divisions, report says A pro-Chinese government online influence operation is targeting Americans in an effort to exploit divisions over the Covid-19 pandemic and "physically mobilize protestors in the US in response," according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant and experts at Google. Zachary Cohen, CNN CNN

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VAccine Resistance Part II: Analysis of the organized anti-Vaccine momvement

Wed, 2021-09-01 12:53 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus began pushing the nation into lockdown in March 2020, Joshua Coleman, an anti-vaccine campaigner who organizes anti-vaccine rallies, went on Facebook Live to give his followers a rallying speech. He laid out what he thought the pandemic really was: an opportunity.

“This is the one time in human history where every single human being across this country, possibly across the planet, but especially in this country, are all going to have an interest in vaccination and vaccines,” he said. “So it’s time for us to educate.”

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Gaps in CDC and states reporting data on breakthrough Covid cases hampers response

Fri, 2021-08-27 11:43 — mike kraft

Holes in reporting of breakthrough Covid cases hamper CDC response The agency originally tried to track all infections in vaccinated people, from mild to severe. But in May it decided to focus on the most severe cases. Erin Banco POLITICO

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is using outdated and unreliable data on coronavirus breakthrough infections to help make major decisions, such as who gets booster shots, according to three officials with direct knowledge of the situation.

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