Why are Germany, Austria and Switzerland COVID-19 vaccination laggards? Inoculated Newsletter (11.11.2021)
📰News of the week:
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland are lagging in their vaccination rates. The FT makes out the countries' unemotional health communication as the main reason.
- This Forsa poll says half of the unvaccinated Germans voted for the far-right AfD party.
- News Front a pro-Russian disinformation actor, was banned from Facebook. Now it's back, according to a report by ISD.
- Belief in pandemic-based misinformation is still widespread in the U.S., according to KFF.
- U.S. Covid deaths are split along party lines
- How the UK Health Security Agency’s misleading data fuelled a global vaccine myth.
- Germany's Tagesspiegel links Covid cases to AfD voters.
⬆️ Re-up of the week (ISC, November 2021)
Ein Virus des Misstrauens: Der russische Staatssender RT DE und die deutsche Corona-Leugner-Szene - ISD
This study provides an analysis of most popular videos by the Russian state medium RT DE with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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📝 Longform of the week:
Nobody Can See Into Facebook
Imagine if automakers were the only ones who could test their cars—and they kept the results secret.
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🎁Bonus read of the week:
Global progress against measles threatened amidst COVID-19 pandemic
While reported measles cases have fallen compared to previous years, progress toward measles elimination continues to decline and the risk of outbreaks is mounting, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Same as it ever was: Antivaxxers target Orthodox Jews with COVID-19 misinformation
in 2019, large measles outbreaks among Orthodox Jews were linked to misinformation. History is repeating itself with COVID-19.
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Warnings of ‘explosive’ measles outbreaks as lockdowns leave millions of children unvaccinated
The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted routine immunisation programmes and catch-up efforts, leaving communities vulnerable
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