Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by rptr4 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:36AM
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I do worry specifically about what defines “misinformation”—sure, let’s ban “the vaccine has a microchip programmed to kill you” or something, but would we ban a vaccine recipient reporting adverse reactions they experienced? This will probably be the most widely and rapidly deployed vaccine in the history of the world, and I think it’s important that any and all necessary information becomes widely available, and I don’t necessarily trust the proper and official channels to always report all of that information.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by ksk on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:49PM
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Adverse reactions are not something to be taken lightly. A proper investigation is required to determine what the root cause is. One person making a youtube video would be extremely misleading. You have to look at what medications they're currently on, if they're fully healthy, etc, etc. information is neutral, but people can misapply what they think they know and project their ignorance in a way that will be amplified. I work in biotech (vaccines) and I see this kind of faulty thinking applied to vaccines quite often, so maybe I'm more sensitive than most.