"In addition, the prevalence of foreign disinformation is highly statistically and substantively significant in predicting a drop in mean vaccination coverage over time."
"We found the use of social media to organise offline action to be highly predictive of the belief that vaccinations are unsafe, with such beliefs mounting as more organisation occurs on social media."
Disinformation on social media comes overwhelmingly from a couple dozen popular conspiracy sites. In the study, 79.3% of the tweets that link to fake and conspiracy news are concentrated on just 24 outlets. (6/6)
Many still believe that fake news is spread by thousands of small, independent sites.
Yet fake and conspiracy news is highly concentrated. Just a few large fake news outlets or big conspiracy sites received most links to questionable content. (5/6)
New mask guidance from the CDC. These exceptions: "All travelers are required to wear a mask on all planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation" and in health care settings, correctional facilities and homeless shelters. bit.ly/3xuQXvN