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How Croydon became a hotbed  for vaccine misinformation


How Croydon became a hotbed for vaccine misinformation 
Misinformation on social media is turning BAME groups against the vaccine. Community leaders say they expect the problem to get worse
6 February 2021 • 1:49pm
When a TikTok user filmed himself shouting “liar” at England’s chief medical officer in a London food market this week, the video gave a glimpse of the fevered Covid conspiracies spreading among young people on social media.  
Particularly in diverse parts of the capital, researchers are raising the alarm about online misinformation which is fuelling intense government mistrust and persuading Black and Asian minority ethnic (BAME) communities, already disproportionately affected by the virus, to shun the vaccine.  ....

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