Let's see. I log into Facebook. I type "vaccine" into the search page. The first autocomplete entry is "vaccine injury stories" - that looks interesting, let's

Let's see. I log into Facebook. I type "vaccine" into the search page. The first autocomplete entry is "vaccine injury stories" - that looks interesting, let's see what that finds. Okay, so the first entry is "Looking for vaccine info" (Boring!), the second is a "Vaccines save lives" group (not what I searched for), and the third is "see all groups for "vaccine injury stories"" That seems more like it. What does that find? Ah, here we go, "COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects" - a group with 66k members. And lots of juicy, fascinating stories of bad things happening after someone got vaccinated. And 10 minutes later, even I, who knows that in a country that has delivered almost 100M shots, shots that don't protect against stroke or heart attack (or eczema or whatever), there are going to be a lot of folks who get the vaccine and then have something bad happen to them can't help but feel at least a little more worried about the prospect of getting one of those shots. (I don't have to imagine the effect of these stories on folks with a weaker stats background - I just have to talk to my relatives...) And that's something that's not necessary, but is extremely lucrative for FB. And that's a problem for anyone who likes living in a functioning democracy.