Vaccine misinformation, which first began spiraling during the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown in the United States in the years since, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

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    1 year ago

    The comparison to global warming is a bit misleading. Vaccination rates depend wholly on individuals to take action. Climate change, on the other hand, requires corporations to act; individual actions, while helpful, will change nothing as long as corporations continue to operate as they always have.

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      My comment was in reference to online misinformation in general, as opposed to just vaccination rates. I was actually rhetorically replying directly to the Attorney General, who asked citizens to help stop spreading misinformation in the article.

      I actually see quite a few parallels between air pollution and … maybe “information pollution”, perhaps?