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Florida health officials provide scant details on measles cases, worrying health experts

Wed, 2024-03-06 20:10 — mike kraft

Florida health officials provide scant details on measles cases, worrying health experts Health experts are expressing concern about a dearth of information about the measles cases in Florida. Helen Branswell STAT

... notices are standard public health practice during measles outbreaks. Alerts of this sort may also warn that someone with measles had been in a crowded public location — an airport, a shopping mall, a theme park.

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Misinformation issue: Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024

Tue, 2024-01-30 10:44 — mike kraft

How Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024 - KFF Health News Opposition to vaccines and other public health measures backed by science has become politically charged. That makes dangerous misinformation much harder to fight. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Florida's Surgeon General opposition to Covid vaccinations gets boost on Fox

Tue, 2023-10-03 11:23 — mike kraft

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Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, spoke on camera to Fox News Digital about his concerns surrounding the updated COVID shot.

...they’re pushing the product on human beings. That is an anti-human approach … an anti-human policy."

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Disinformation issue: Conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked; new book on Trump's past infection attitude

Wed, 2023-09-20 10:01 — mike kraft

Why the conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked New study says false claims of a Biden plot to reinstate COVID restrictions and steal the election are spreading unchecked on Facebook, X and TikTok. Yahoo Finance

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Disinformation issue: Facebook's policy does not stop anti-COVID vaxers from spreading and finding informaton--study

Mon, 2023-09-18 19:40 — mike kraft

Facebook's policy on anti-COVID vaccine content didn't stop users from finding it, study suggests Pornpak Khunatorn / iStock CIDRAP

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Analysis: Press coverage of the recent COVID increase

Fri, 2023-09-15 11:16 — mike kraft

Good news in the news about COVID <p>The recent resurgence of COVID has a depressing familiarity: cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising; a new vaccine is being rolled out, to some confusion; anti-vax and other conspiratorial voices are getting louder, doing their best to turn the rebound of the virus into a right-wing talking point. But, lucky for all of us, the […]</p> Columbia Journalism Review

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Disinformation issue: As Covid-19 Cases Tick Higher, Conspiracy Theorists Stoke New Fears

Tue, 2023-09-12 11:26 — mike kraft

As Covid-19 cases have climbed as part of a late-summer uptick, right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists have responded by stoking fears about mass lockdowns and spreading unsubstantiated new ideas about Covid-19’s links to world events.

“Do they want Covid measures back to put us on war footing in preparation for the war with Russia?” Jack Posobiec, a right-wing personality, said to more than 150,000 followers on his Telegram channel.

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On-line searches about Covid-19 are being temporarily blocked on Meta's Threads.

Tue, 2023-09-12 10:54 — mike kraft

Meta's Threads is temporarily blocking searches about Covid-19 | CNN Business Threads, the much-hyped social media app from Facebook-parent Meta, is taking heat for blocking searches for “coronavirus,” “Covid,” and other pandemic-related queries. Catherine Thorbecke CNN

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U.S. CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency

Mon, 2023-09-11 17:10 — mike kraft

CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency 'Trust is absolutely foundational to our ability to help Americans,' says Mandy Cohen Michael DePeau-Wilson medpagetoday

New CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, wants to rebuild trust in the agency -- both internally and with the general public -- through improving communication, focusing on data collection, and translating that data into rapid responses to public health crises.

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