Day: May 28, 2024

If you don’t write to your elected representatives, they just assume that you’re going to vote for them no matter what they do or at least that you don’t care about what they’re doing enough to be motivated to vote against them... Write your reps. Do it now. tinyurl.com/writingreps

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Are they really planning an anti-vax military retiree interahamwe in America?

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Image is a graph the header reads Awareness and belief in health misinformation Misinformation is pervasive, but trust in health misinformation is less so. Percent who have heard or read false claim (only 5 of 10 claims shown) Percent who say false claim is definitely or probably true. Over 60% heard this false claim, and over 30% believe this false claim is true that The COVID-19 vaccines have caused thousands of sudden deaths. Over 60% heard this false claim, and nearly 25% believe this false claim is true that The MMR vaccines have been proved to cause autism in children. Over 50% heard this false claim, and over 25% believe this false claim is true that The COVID-19 vaccines have been proved to cause infertility Almost 50% heard this false claim, and over 30% believe this false claim is true that Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19. Over 40% heard this false claim, and 20% believe this false claim is true that More people have died of COVID-19 vaccines than of COVID-19 virus.

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Healthcare misinformation is a big problem, but we’re probably not going to solve this on social media alone.

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