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.@USAToday covers our latest news - identifying more than 500 sites that have published false information about the COVID-19, and 50 of the top COVID vaccines myths circulating online.
COVID, vaccine misinformation spread by hundreds of websites, analysis finds
NewsGuard also identified 50 of the top COVID-19 vaccine myths spreading online.
usatoday.com
10:37 AM · Sep 8, 2021
NewsGuard
@NewsGuardRating
.@USAToday covers our latest news - identifying more than 500 sites that have published false information about the COVID-19, and 50 of the top COVID vaccines myths circulating online.
COVID, vaccine misinformation spread by hundreds of websites, analysis finds
NewsGuard also identified 50 of the top COVID-19 vaccine myths spreading online.
usatoday.com
10:37 AM · Sep 8, 2021
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2021/09/08/covid-vaccine-misinformation-spread-websites-analysis-finds/5732789001/
More than 500 websites have promoted misinformation about the coronavirus including debunked claims about vaccines, according to a firm that rates the credibility of websites.
NewsGuard announced Wednesday that, of the more than 6,700 websites it has analyzed, 519 have published false information about COVID-19. Some of the sites publish dubious health information or political conspiracy theories, while others were "created specifically to spread misinformation about COVID-19," the company says on its website.
"It's become virtually impossible for people to tell the difference between a generally reliable site and an untrustworthy site," Gordon Crovitz, co-founder of NewsGuard, told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview. "And that is why there is such a big business in publishing this information."
The findings come as new daily COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths remain high across much of the country. About 53% of Americans have been fully vaccinated against the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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COVID, vaccine misinformation spread by hundreds of websites, analysis finds (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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NewHendoLib
(59,940 posts)1. the info superhighway has a serious litter problem
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)2. People be able to think for themselves.
We had vaccines.
To be so gullible to believe something off the internet.