Covid lies kill hundreds of thousands. We know who the liars are, and we are getting a good idea of who the believers are. We know how to prevent and treat covid, but not boneheaded, willful ignorance, and the desire to die rather than help any of Those People. (Dying of Whiteness, by Jonathan Metzl) Drugs, suicide, every kind of preventable and curable disease, and now covid.
COVID-19 Misinformation is Ubiquitous: 78% of the Public Believes or is Unsure About At Least One False Statement, and Nearly a Third Believe At Least Four of Eight False Statements Tested
Most People Who Trust Network and Local Television, CNN, MSNBC and NPR on COVID-19 Believe Little or No Misinformation; Larger Shares Who Trust Newsmax, One American News, and Fox News Hold Many Misconceptions
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of unvaccinated adults believe or are unsure about at least half of the eight false statements – more than three times the share of vaccinated adults (19%). Nearly half (46%) of Republicans believe or are unsure about at least half the statements, three times the share of Democrats (14%).
Yes, it’s the usual suspects
The KFF survey does not include social media as sources of news. We do.
We will look at the misinformation out there, and as always some of our Truth Sandwiches, and this time other messages meant to combat it.
The Lies
Nearly eight in ten Americans polled believe or are unsure about at least one common falsehood about covid-19 or the vaccine.
Lie: The government is exaggerating the number of covid-19 deaths
I can see that some people might be unsure about the exact numbers, but this CT is ludicrous.
Fact check: CDC is not inflating the COVID-19 death count
The claim: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inflated COVID-19 deaths by more than 1,600%
The actual number of covid deaths in the US is about 787K. Multiplying by 16 gives 12.6M. We would have noticed. The total pre-covid death rate for the US was 2,854,838 in 2019.
This fantasy comes out from the same kind of, let’s call it thinking, that once produced the CT about vast numbers of children being sacrificed in Satanic rituals. Again, that CT claimed more children than the total number of actual children missing from all causes.
No, sorry, no, no, no. Divide by 16. I can only plead that it was 5 in the morning.
So anyway, that’s 49K deaths, which is just as ludicrous as 13M would be.
Lie: Pregnant women should not get the covid-19 vaccine
This was once a legitimate medical question, but no more. Not when we have significant data, even if not from clinical trials.
COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are recommended for pregnant and lactating individuals as well as those trying or intending to become pregnant.
Over 200,000 pregnant women have received an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna), without any safety concerns.
Lie: Deaths due to the covid-19 vaccine are being intentionally hidden by the government
This of course contradicts the first lie. It is true that Florida has hidden its covid stats.
Lie: The covid-19 vaccines have been shown to cause infertility
An old lie about polio that used to be told in Pakistan and northern Nigeria. Health authorities had to get vaccinated men to go into the villages with their children to meet with the tribal and religious leaders.
Lie: Ivermectin is a safe and effective treatment for covid-19
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Lie: You can get covid-19 from the vaccine
The vaccines consist of mRNA coding for virus spike proteins, with nothing to produce any of the proteins that the virus uses in order to replicate.
It used to be true that one could get polio from the live virus vaccine, but that vaccine is only used under dire circumstances in civil war zones, where the killed virus version cannot be reliably stored before usage.
Lie: The covid-19 vaccines contain a microchip
which is also the Mark of the Beast from Revelation, aka The Book of What Was that Guy Smoking?
No, your mobile phone contains a microchip. Microchipping of pets uses much wider needles than intramuscular vaccinations to insert chips larger than a grain of rice. Those RFID chips can only be read from close up.
Hey, this is Twitter! Ask and ye shall receive.
The latest version of this stupid CT is that Sweden is putting vaccine passports on chips in people’s hands, and that therefore they have no more need of keys, airplane tickets, or ID cards.
Lie: The covid-19 vaccines can change your DNA
No, retroviruses like HIV, which contain or code for versions of the reverse transcriptase enzyme, can change your DNA.
Coronaviruses are not retroviruses. The mRNA vaccines do not contain any viral proteins, much less reverse transcriptase from a different family of viruses.
Enough!