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Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online
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Miles Parks
@MilesParks
NEWS: A new NPR investigation finds that articles FALSELY connecting vaccines and death have been among the most highly-engaged-with content online this year -- evading social media moderation, and going viral in a way that could fuel hesitancy.
Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online
There's no link between COVID-19 vaccines and death. But a new NPR analysis finds stories implying a connection have gone viral this year at a dramatic rate.
npr.org
5:21 AM · Mar 25, 2021
Miles Parks
@MilesParks
NEWS: A new NPR investigation finds that articles FALSELY connecting vaccines and death have been among the most highly-engaged-with content online this year -- evading social media moderation, and going viral in a way that could fuel hesitancy.
Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online
There's no link between COVID-19 vaccines and death. But a new NPR analysis finds stories implying a connection have gone viral this year at a dramatic rate.
npr.org
5:21 AM · Mar 25, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/25/980035707/lying-through-truth-misleading-facts-fuel-vaccine-misinformation
