Re:As a virologist I’m shocked my work has been hijacked by ...
by hammock on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:30PM
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>One particularly interesting one I found was an oft-repeated story about Australia "forcing kids to get the vaccine without their parents present". This claim is repeated in almost every anti-vax comment section -- is it based on anything?
Yes, it is. Australia did a jab campaign inviting 24K children inside a stadium, and not permitting parents to enter with their child. https://twitter.com/unhealthytruth/status/142739608697777766...
Re:As a virologist I’m shocked my work has been hijacked by ...
by cygx on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:13PM
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Specifically, students in their final year of high school, ahead of end-of-school exams.
It was an entirely voluntary operation you had to sign up for...
https://apnews.com/article/health-australia-coronavirus-pand...
Re:As a virologist I’m shocked my work has been hijacked by ...
by warning26 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:46PM
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I appreciate how that person evidently just...stopped reading my comment halfway through to repeat the exact same piece of misinformation. Like clockwork!
Re:As a virologist I’m shocked my work has been hijacked by ...
by s1artibartfast on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @04:07PM
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I appreciate how they answered your question and everything they said in their post was factually correct.
>Yes, it is. Australia did a jab campaign inviting 24K children inside a stadium, and not permitting parents to enter with their child
This is what the misinformation story was based on, the gov invited 24k children inside, it did not allow parents.
The answer is, there's a program where parents can sign a permission slip for kids at school to get the vaccine. So, it's taking a kernel of truth "kids are getting the vaccine without their parents present", adding a bit of completely false info (the "forcing" part), and then repackaging it into a highly repostable nugget of scary misinformation.