Category: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories
Facebook’s anti-vax carrot emoji, explained
Mashable – This is why your uncle has carrot emojis in his Twitter handle. To avoid censorship for the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, anti-vax groups on Facebook have begun coding their messages with the carrot emoji, according to a report from the BBC. The emoji is used in place of the word “vaccine” to avoid the wrath of Facebook’s […]
Sep 22, 2022
A Recipe for Danger: Social Media Challenges Involving Medicines
FDA – Don’t Cook Chicken in NyQuil…
Sep 22, 2022
Stat – Former NIH director and current White House science adviser Francis Collins told a group of journalists late last week about his passion for both the Cancer Moonshot and the new biomedical research agency known as ARPA-H. But he also revealed his pain at seeing people spurn mRNA Covid vaccines developed with breathtaking speed and lamented that […]
Sep 22, 2022
Conspiracy Theories About COVID-19 Help Nobody
Foreign Policy – In July 2020, the Lancet, one of the world’s premier medical journals, announced the creation of a COVID-19 “Commission” with the stated mission “to help speed up global, equitable, and lasting solutions to the pandemic.” Many of the commissioners are distinguished scientists, doctors, former politicians, or policy experts with a clear connection to the remit of a […]
Sep 22, 2022