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Discussing the difficulties of sending the right message about the omicron variant.

Fri, 2021-12-03 19:21 — mike kraft

With the first case of omicron confirmed in California and more cases expected across the U.S., public health officials who know the difference between good and bad crisis communication say they can't afford to be quiet and wait until scientists know how risky the new variant is before they speak out.

"We don't want to just be silent on the matter, because then that can cause fear and then that can allow for misinformation to creep in," says Elya Franciscus, the epidemiology operations manager for COVID-19 in Harris County, Texas.

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Russia cracks down on anti-vaxxer disinformation; inoculation campaign lags behind

Wed, 2021-11-24 12:23 — mike kraft
Russia cracks down on anti-vaxxer disinformation as inoculation push lags behind Russian authorities said on Wednesday they were scouring social networks and media websites to find people spreading false claims about the dangers of COVID-19 vaccination, the latest in a series of measures to invigorate sluggish inoculation rates. Gleb Stolyarov Reuters
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Fact-checking 5 viral Covid-19 vaccine falsehoods

Sun, 2021-11-14 22:26 — mike kraft
Fact-checking 5 viral Covid-19 vaccine falsehoods Since vaccines were first authorized for use nearly a year ago, swarms of anti-vaxxers have pushed a variety of unfounded claims suggesting the vaccine is unsafe and urging people not to receive one. Tara Subramaniam CNN
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U.S. Surgeon general releases guide to combating COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Tue, 2021-11-09 17:59 — mike kraft
Surgeon general releases guide to combating COVID-19 vaccine misinformation The government's top doctor released a step-by-step toolkit Tuesday morning to help people combat misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines in their own close circles. "We need people in communities all across our country to have these conversations," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an interview with ABC News. Over the summer, the surgeon general issued an advisory that called misinformation an urgent public health threat. Yahoo
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Poll shows just how far COVID-19 misinformation has traveled; U.S Marines also affected :

Mon, 2021-11-08 18:40 — mike kraft
Poll shows just how far COVID-19 misinformation has traveled Almost 8 in 10 U.S. adults believe or are unsure of at least one false statement about COVID-19, according to polling data published Monday. Peter Sullivan TheHill

Almost 8 in 10 U.S. adults believe or are unsure of at least one false statement about COVID-19, according to polling data published Monday.

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Opinion: Make Covid-19 testing an empowering choice rather than a draconian punishment

Tue, 2021-11-02 11:14 — mike kraft
Shift Covid testing from draconian punishment to empowerment - STAT Instead of viewing Covid-19 testing as a means of limiting access, reframe it as an empowering tool to let people gather more confidently. Maaisha Osman STAT

Public health is at its best when it is pragmatic in the face of complex problems fraught with stigma and uncertainty, like moving in the direction of full vaccination in the face of many Americans’ entrenched or even defiant anti-vaccination sentiment.

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Misinformation issue: Facebook failed to take action against anti-fax misinformation postings--whistleblower reports

Tue, 2021-10-26 10:11 — mike kraft
Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users WASHINGTON (AP) — In March, as claims about the dangers and ineffectiveness of coronavirus vaccines spun across social media and undermined attempts to stop the spread of the virus, some Facebook employees thought they had found a way to help. AP NEWS
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Five tactics used to spread vaccine misinformation in the wellness community, and why they work

Fri, 2021-10-22 17:50 — mike kraft
Five tactics used to spread vaccine misinformation in the wellness community, and why they work The content shared in some online wellness spaces has powerful emotional and psychological foundations that can cause even science-minded people to question the public health consensus on the ability of vaccines to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Washington Post

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Disinformation campaign: China tries to blame Covid on Maine lobsters

Thu, 2021-10-21 10:51 — mike kraft
China-linked disinformation campaign blames Covid on Maine lobsters In mid-September, Marcel Schliebs, a disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford, spotted the emergence of a surprising coronavirus origin theory. NBC News

In mid-September, Marcel Schliebs, a disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford who had been tracking messaging that Chinese diplomats and state media spread on Twitter for 18 months, spotted the emergence of a surprising coronavirus origin theory.  

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Combating Misinformation and Disinformation for COVID-19 and Future Public Health Threats Webinar Wednesday, October 20, 2021 1:00PM-2:00 PM ET

Tue, 2021-10-19 14:46 — mike kraft

Combating Misinformation and Disinformation for COVID-19 and Future Public Health Threats

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

1:00PM-2:00 PM ET

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Join us Wednesday, October 20, at 1pm (ET) for the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Security webinar: Combating Misinformation and Disinformation for COVID-19 and Future Public Health Threats.

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