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OPINION: Parents were fine with sweeping school vaccination mandates five decades ago – but COVID-19 may be different

Fri, 2021-10-22 18:54 — mike kraft

Parents were fine with sweeping school vaccination mandates five decades ago – but COVID-19 may be a different story Children and parents lined up for polio vaccines outside a Syracuse, New York school in 1961. AP PhotoThe ongoing battles over COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. are likely to get more heated when the Food and Drug Administration authorizes emergency use of a vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, expected later this fall.

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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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Brazilian congressional report says President Bolsonaro should be charged with crimes against humanity because of his Covid policies

Wed, 2021-10-20 12:30 — mike kraft

Bolsonaro should be charged with crimes against humanity, Covid inquiry finds Brazilian president savaged for ‘macabre’ and ‘slovenly’ response to pandemic and ‘deliberate neglect’ of indigenous people th

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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

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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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Analysis:The U.S. may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one because of threats, resignations and politics--NY Times survey .

Mon, 2021-10-18 12:06 — mike kraft

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State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to America’s early response to the pandemic.

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