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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The share of adults fully vaccinated in Wards 7 and 8 is lower than the share in Alabama and Mississippi. The city says just 24 percent of those in Ward 8 are vaccinated. [/quote]

Didn’t residents in those wards get priority access to the vaccines before those in some other wards? Doesn’t seem like unequal access is the problem here. [/quote]

I'd love to see the cell phones of residents in Ward 8. I am betting their social media is bombarded with misinformation about the vaccine.

And yes, you can target these messages down to their neighborhoods. [/quote]

I’m sure most white Trump voters social media is similarly bombarded with misinformation about the vaccine. Do they also get a pass?[/quote]

Here's a newsflash - all social media is bombarded with targeted information - which is considered misinformation by the other side.  Neither side has a monopoly on truth and facts, and the idea that "my" side is correct and "the other" side is stupid and misinformed is the main problem here.[/quote]

There is truth and there is misinformation. So, yes, one side does have a near monopoly on the facts. Spoiler alert, the Covid spread in red states is not coming from immigrants charging over the border. It's caused by people failing to get the jab.[/quote]

No, sorry... but the "truth" that has been disseminated by government scientists has been shown to be in error many times during the pandemic.  Fauci has admitted to using "the noble lie" to try to influence behavior.  The news media and social media have consistently suppressed any questions or dissent, even from highly credentialed scientists, etc.  Treatment alternatives are actively suppressed in a way that I have never seen.  Side effects from Pfizer and Moderna are denied while J&J is pilloried (tick off someone at the FDA?), etc.

If you know anything about science and what it is, you will realize that much of what we are seeing is not science.  It is advocacy, with a political bent.  Science is humble.  Science openly shares data.  Science is skeptical.  Science does not fear dissenting opinions.  The irony is that in an effort to achieve a public good (control of the virus) through this all-out assault on scientific norms, the government and media have only blown their credibility and now will have little influence on a big chunk of the population.  Speaking in more measured tones about risks and benefits, and sharing actual data would have created more trust.

Finally, when will they figure out that having Fauci speak everyday is highly unlikely to change any of the reluctant minds?  It is clear that he has never darkened the door of a public health school, where we actually talk about how to educate folks on health issues.  - MPH[/quote]

The suppression of vaccine concerns is…concerning.  [/quote]

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