Ford Fund Encourages You to #VaxWithFacts
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Ford Fund has launched a new public service announcement with a very simple, very important message: Stop listening to the stupid things your brother Steve posts on Facebook and just get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The #VaxWithFacts PSA brings together high-ranking folks representing 11 organizations, including the NAACP, Hispanic Federation, and Ford Fund. People like Rev. Jesse Jackson and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt take turns speaking, and their voices combine in the unified statement that misinformation is dangerous.
Ford Fund looks to counteract American ‘infodemic’
Widespread misinformation is leading to Americans refusing to get one of the available COVID-19 vaccines even as the death toll continues to rise. A study published this week by McGill University in Canada called Americans “super-spreaders of COVID-19 misinformation,” dubbing the wave of vaccine-related falsehoods and conspiracy theorie