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How vaccine misinformation made the COVID-19 death toll worse | NPR
by A Martinez and Allison Aubrey
4 days ago
As the U.S. nears one million deaths from COVID-19, analysis finds nearly a third of those deaths could have been…
How a Tennessee Nurse Unwittingly Became the Face of an Anti-Vax Campaign | On The Media
by WNYC Studios
4 days ago
On this week’s show, we share an excerpt of a new podcast hosted by friend-of-the-show and NBC News reporter Brandy…
Countries with lower-than-expected vaccination rates show unusually negative attitudes to vaccines on Twitter | The Conversation
by Jungmi Jun and Ali Zain
May 10, 2022
In countries with lower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccination rates, mentions of side effects and negative emotions dominated overall social media discourses on…
Childhood Vaccinations Fell During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Time
by Jeffrey Kluger
May 6, 2022
Anti-vaccine sentiments have been simmering in the U.S. since at least 1998, when the Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, published—and later…
Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal | Nature
by Francesco Pierri, Brea L. Perry, Matthew R. DeVerna, Kai-Cheng Yang, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer & John Bryden
April 26, 2022
Abstract Widespread uptake of vaccines is necessary to achieve herd immunity. However, uptake rates have varied across U.S. states during…
West Africa moves in unison to promote vaccination and curb falsehoods | Poynter
by Seth Smalley
April 26, 2022
In West Africa, fact-checkers are cooperating to expand their influence on local, national and international levels to curb misinformation about…
How COVID’s deadly conspiracy theories cost one woman her life | NPR
by Geoff Brumfiel
April 25, 2022
Laurie's mother, Stephanie, 75, died of COVID-19 in December. "I don't believe she was supposed to die," Laurie says. "I…
Barack Obama: ‘People are dying because of misinformation’ | Protocol
by Sarah Roach
April 22, 2022
Misinformation kills, Barack Obama says, and tech companies, users and lawmakers all have a responsibility to fix it. "The very…
California’s Medical ‘Misinformation’ Crusade Could Cost Lives | Wall Street Journal
by Allysia Finley
April 22, 2022
Early in the pandemic, Covid patients with very low oxygen levels were put on ventilators, the standard of care for…