COVID-19 vaccine myths
Whatâs needed may be a battalion of nursesâ dads armed with the truth George Woods and his daughter, Casey Shillam, dean of the University of Portland School of Nursing, are both proud to be veterans. He often corrects COVID-19 vaccine misinformation he receives via Facebook after checking with her about whether itâs true. (Courtesy Casey Shillam)
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The Vatican’s “Note on the morality of using some anti-COVID-19 vaccines”: go.sentinel.org/3arl5OQ
Archbishop Alexander Sample comments on vaccine preferences: go.sentinel.org/30fOia9
The Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 vaccine myths page: go.sentinel.org/3ehu9an
A researcher works on a vaccine against the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Copenhagen s University research lab in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 23, 2020. | AFP via Getty Images/Thibault Savary
A nonprofit pro-life news website has been permanently booted from Facebook after the social media giant accused it of publishing âfalse information about COVID-19 that could contribute to physical harmâ over an article citing United States government information on people who died after receiving the vaccine.Â
LifeSiteNews reported Tuesday that its Facebook account appears to have been permanently unpublished for violating the social media platformâs community standards on misinformation that âcould cause physical harm.â Â
Facebook Permanently Bans Major Pro-Life News Site
7 May 2021
Facebook permanently banned LifeSiteNews, a popular pro-life news outlet, for publishing “false information about COVID-19 that could contribute to physical harm.”
As justification for unpublishing LifeSiteNews, Facebook cited an article posted on April 10, 2021, titled “COVID vaccines can be deadly for some.”
Facebook said they erase Facebook pages that publish “vaccine discouraging information on the platform.”
“This all comes down to another case of Big Tech silencing free speech on their platform,” said LifeSiteNews Marketing Director Rebekah Roberts.
“Facebook has been silencing any voice that goes against their beliefs and agenda,” Roberts said. “Our LifeSiteNews Facebook page has been removed simply because we have shared reports of doctors, nurses, expert researchers, and even the former Pfizer VP speaking out against the COVID shots.”
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The latest hot topic in conservative political circles is a variation on the old theme of how people who are not independently wealthy enough never to work a day in their lives are basically lazy parasites who want something for nothing. This particular line of argument, which is usually enlivened by a tangy taste of racism, always has been popular with the American right. Now, it’s getting another nationwide workout. From Yahoo! Finance: The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley said in a statement on Friday. One step policymakers should take now is ending the $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit. Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients
A researcher works on a vaccine against the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Copenhagen s University research lab in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 23, 2020. | AFP via Getty Images/Thibault Savary
A nonprofit pro-life news website has been permanently booted from Facebook after the social media giant accused it of publishing âfalse information about COVID-19 that could contribute to physical harmâ over an article citing United States government information on people who died after receiving the vaccine.Â
LifeSiteNews reported Tuesday that its Facebook account appears to have been permanently unpublished for violating the social media platformâs community standards on misinformation that âcould cause physical harm.â