Countering COVID misinformation: ‘Stop looking at Facebook’

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2 hours ago, jg121783 said:

Come on your smarter than that. The article literally claims people are requesting to be prescribed the veterinary version of ivermectin. Either people are actually specifically requesting the veterinary version or this is a fabrication intended to fool people who don't know better into thinking ivermectin is nothing more than horse paste.

First you say implies, now you use "literally". The six doctors were the ones quoted about horse medicine and microchips in the vaccine. You and I didn't interview the doctors. 

 

I hear disinformation about vaccines, masks, tests, transmission, origin I'm this thread several times a day. Because this disinformation is believed , more folks will die. 

 

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8 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

You're adding the word "only" here.

Words mean things.  As written, the article modifies the noun Ivermectin with the phrase "the veterinary parasite drug" and doesn't qualify the matter further.

Qualify what matter? The article speaks about what these doctors told  the AP they were experiencing with their patients. 

 

I don't doubt that doctors are having difficulty helping their patients navigate the avalanche of untruths.

[LIBrty4all 3,754]

34 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

You're adding the word "only" here.

Words mean things.  As written, the article modifies the noun Ivermectin with the phrase "the veterinary parasite drug" and doesn't qualify the matter further.

Sleight of hand.  Exactly the same thing with "the Pfizer-BioNTech EUA drug is FDA approved".  But some people are willing to be fooled by it.

[jg121783 3,921]

7 hours ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

First you say implies, now you use "literally". The six doctors were the ones quoted about horse medicine and microchips in the vaccine. You and I didn't interview the doctors. 

 

I hear disinformation about vaccines, masks, tests, transmission, origin I'm this thread several times a day. Because this disinformation is believed , more folks will die. 

 

 

Ok you keep believing that doctors are being inundated with demands from people to be prescribed veterinary medicine if you want. It's clear no one is gonna convince you otherwise.

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11 hours ago, jg121783 said:

Come on your smarter than that. The article literally claims people are requesting to be prescribed the veterinary version of ivermectin. Either people are actually specifically requesting the veterinary version or this is a fabrication intended to fool people who don't know better into thinking ivermectin is nothing more than horse paste.

It is FB, so I expect there is a Leftist political meaning behind it.

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1 hour ago, jg121783 said:

 

Ok you keep believing that doctors are being inundated with demands from people to be prescribed veterinary medicine if you want. It's clear no one is gonna convince you otherwise.

If a Dr. is prescribing veterinarian dosages to their patients, shouldn't they be investigated for malpractice?  

[Mike E 11,742]

11 hours ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

COVID, vaccine misinformation spread by hundreds of websites, analysis finds

Daniel Funke

USA TODAY

 

 

 

 

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More than 500 websites have promoted misinformation about the coronavirus – including debunked claims about vaccines, according to a firm that rates the credibility of websites.

NewsGuard announced Wednesday that of the more than 6,700 websites it has analyzed, 519 have published false information about COVID-19. Some of the sites publish dubious health information or political conspiracy theories, while others were "created specifically to spread misinformation about COVID-19," the company says on its website.

"It's become virtually impossible for people to tell the difference between a generally reliable site and an untrustworthy site," Gordon Crovitz, co-founder of NewsGuard, told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview. "And that is why there is such a big business in publishing this information

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The findings come as new daily COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths remain high across much of the country. About 53% of Americans have been fully vaccinated against the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Launched in spring 2018, NewsGuard employs experienced journalists to assess the credibility and transparency of the most popular news and information websites in the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy. The firm publishes "nutrition labels" that tell users whether a source adheres to or violates journalistic standards.

"We don't believe in blocking stuff and not letting people see things," said Steven Brill, co-founder of NewsGuard. "What we believe in is giving people information about what they're about to see so they can make their own decision."

In Wednesday's release, NewsGuard also identified 50 of the top COVID-19 vaccine myths spreading online. They include debunked claims that the vaccines alter people's DNA, cause infertility or create new variants of the virus.

 

"They're all hoaxes that have gained traction, and we know that because we see them spreading from website to website," said Matt Skibinski, NewsGuard's general manager.

Of the sites on NewsGuard's list, 339 have an audience predominantly based in the U.S. Several of them, including InfoWars and Mercola.com, have a track record of promoting conspiracy theories and dubious health claims. Others try to dupe people by using domain names close to those of credible news outlets, such as WashingtonPosted.news and Ussanews.com, mimicking washingtonpost.com and USNews.com.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2021/09/08/covid-vaccine-misinformation-spread-websites-analysis-finds/5732789001/

What about the web sites that claim that fully vaccinated people are super spreaders and/or should be quarantined?

 

Or the web sites that say it is goo policy for hospitals to force visitors to remove their KN95s and wear surgical  masks instead?

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44 minutes ago, Mike E said:

What about the web sites that claim that fully vaccinated people are super spreaders and/or should be quarantined?

 

Or the web sites that say it is goo policy for hospitals to force visitors to remove their KN95s and wear surgical  masks instead?

Or websites that claim 99% of hospitalizations are unvaccinated. Or websites that call themselves "fact checkers" but have no actual facts on them.

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3 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

Or websites that claim 99% of hospitalizations are unvaccinated. Or websites that call themselves "fact checkers" but have no actual facts on them.

In this, I agree with the OP, people should not use FB for anything.

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Based on the state of the current MSM, not much to believe there either.

 

The Cult of the Vaccine

 

If you’re thinking it was only a matter of time before the mere fact of molnupiravir’s existence would be pitched in headlines as actual bad news, you’re not wrong: Marketwatch came out with “‘It’s not a magic pill’: What Merck’s antiviral pill could mean for vaccine hesitancy” the same day Merck issued its release. The piece came out before we knew much of anything concrete about the drug’s effectiveness, let alone whether it was “magic.”

 

Bloomberg’s morose “No, the Merck pill won’t end the pandemic” was released on October 2nd, i.e. one whole day after the first encouraging news of a possible auxiliary treatment whose most ardent supporters never claimed would end the pandemic. This article said the pill might be cause to celebrate, but warned its emergence “shouldn’t be cause for complacency when it comes to the most effective tool to end this pandemic: vaccines.” Bloomberg randomly went on to remind readers that the unrelated drug ivermectin is a “horse de-worming agent,” before adding that if molnupiravir ends up “being viewed as a solution for those who refuse to vaccinate,” the “Covid virus will continue to persist.”

 

In other words, it took less than 24 hours for the drug — barely tested, let alone released yet — to be accused of prolonging the pandemic. By the third day, mentions of molnupiravir in news reports nearly all came affixed to stern reminders of its place beneath vaccines in the medical hierarchy, as in the New York Times explaining that Dr. Anthony Fauci, who initially told reporters the new drug was “impressive,” now “warned that Americans should not wait to be vaccinated because they believe they can take the pill.”

 

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-the-vaccine-neurotic

[jg121783 3,921]

2 hours ago, Dashinka said:

In this, I agree with the OP, people should not use FB for anything.

Agreed. However websites that label themselves as "fact checkers" are not anymore reliable.

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12 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

Agreed. However websites that label themselves as "fact checkers" are not anymore reliable.

And several are employed by FB.  Sort of a conflict of interest, if you are paying someone to "fact check" for your social media platform.

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52 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

And several are employed by FB.  Sort of a conflict of interest, if you are paying someone to "fact check" for your social media platform.

Or in some cases just add a blanket fact check note on stuff they don't even review.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/john-stossel-sues-facebook-alleging-155510663.html

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1 hour ago, LIBrty4all said:

And several are employed by FB.  Sort of a conflict of interest, if you are paying someone to "fact check" for your social media platform.

It's almost like they are acting like a publication and curating content rather than acting as a neutral platform that has section 230 protections. 

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1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

Or in some cases just add a blanket fact check note on stuff they don't even review.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/john-stossel-sues-facebook-alleging-155510663.html

I love CNN fact checking Trump...While his statement is True..followed by a bunch of circle talk