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Fighting misinformation about vaccines on social media

Some say the top anti-vaxx influencers are driven by cynical profit motives.

06/22/2021

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Fighting misinformation about vaccines on social media

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Some say the top anti-vaxx influencers are driven by cynical profit motives.

Social media posts spreading misinformation about COVID-19 shots -- for example, the vaccines can magnetize you or alter your genes -- frustrate public health officials who are trying to convince vaccine-hesitant folks to consider getting immunized.

06/22/2021

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