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That is still an ongoing debate [1] and one side of the argument is heavily influenced and funded by the telecom industry [2]. [1]https://www.cancer.gov/about-

• nikanj 3y ago
  The other side is funded and heavily influenced by the ”buy our Goji berries to shield your body from toxins and our shielding bracelet to stop harmful radiation from altering your chakras” quacks. There are no neutral parties in the argument
  • a-french-anon 3y ago
    Guess who's more likely to have the funds to do proper propaganda.
    • BossingAround 3y ago
      The US government has the funds to sponsor all of your neighbors. They could conspire with the US government to pretend like they go to work every day, so that they fool you, who are the only sucker in your neighborhood whose life isn't getting paid by the US government. I honestly don't think it matters who has funds to do what... :) The "natural health" industry is a multi-billion dollar industry as well, and is a much more insidious than the telco industry if you ask me.
    • tmpX7dMeXU 3y ago
      Guess which side is more susceptible to low-quality propaganda.
      • whatwhaaaaat 3y ago
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        • tanjtanjtanj 3y ago
          India and Germany just from the top of my head, I assume there are others.
        • bemusedthrow75 3y ago
          The UK -- boosters for high risk groups and people over 60 (at the moment): https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/getting-a-covid-19-vaccine/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/... France: https://www.thelocal.fr/20230811/france-plans-new-covid-vaccine-booster-campaign-for-autumn https://www.thelocal.fr/20230811/france-plans-new-covid-vacc... Germany -- boosters for high risk groups: https://www.dw.com/en/covid-19-dont-wait-until-autumn-for-a-vaccine-booster/a-66570730 https://www.dw.com/en/covid-19-dont-wait-until-autumn-for-a-... The Netherlands: https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/dutch-vaccination-programme/repeat-vaccination-against-coronavirus-2nd-booster https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/dutch-... Denmark: https://www.thelocal.dk/20230609/denmark-to-offer-covid-and-influenza-vaccines-to-same-groups-in-autumn-2023 https://www.thelocal.dk/20230609/denmark-to-offer-covid-and-... Norway: https://www.fhi.no/en/id/corona/coronavirus-immunisation-programme/coronavirus-vaccine/#vaccine-recommendation-for-autumn-2023 https://www.fhi.no/en/id/corona/coronavirus-immunisation-pro... So yes, boosters are being rolled out for older people and at-risk groups, all over the place. I pretty much found these just by googling: <random country name> covid booster 2023 If/when you are an eligible age, will you get your health authority's recommended annual/winter flu jab? (e.g. the multivalent vacine offered to all eligible older adults in the UK). If not, why not? If yes, why not Covid?
        • dahart 3y ago
          Aren’t all countries doing boosters? Which countries don’t have boosters? Do you know of any specifically? This comment surprised me so I looked it up. The WHO report from Jan 2023 says 91 countries are reporting data on boosters. [1] The ‘our world in data’ site shows booster coverage for most of the world, only missing some countries in Africa and maybe small countries and islands too small to see on the map. Aside from the US, there’s booster coverage in Australia, Canada, China, Russia, India, all of Europe, all of South America, among others. This URL has the map view scrolled to May 2022, which appears to be the peak of the data reporting for boosters. [2] [1] https://apps.who.int/gb/COVID-19/pdf_files/2023/05_01/Item1.pdf https://apps.who.int/gb/COVID-19/pdf_files/2023/05_01/Item1.... [2] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-covid-vaccine-booster-doses?tab=map&time=2022-04-25 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-covid-vaccine-...
  • Miraltar 3y ago
    You'll have to admit that one side has more to lose and more power than the other
    • nemo 3y ago
      In this day and age there's virtually no barrier to entry for spreading health disinformation and the quack health industry is huge, they sell a _lot_ of schlock. The fact that the people who are factually correct happen to also hold power doesn't matter since the kooks have no barriers to entry for spamming their disinformation across the internet and they're actually hard to avoid (as we see here). The people who are factually correct are generally at a disadvantage since the truth is boring and quacks can sell sensationalism ("your phone causes cancer!").
• craigmart 3y ago
  one side of the "debate" seem to be taken solely by Joel Moskowitz, who's cited in every article that promotes the message of "phone radiation is harmful"
• leephillips 3y ago
  Sure, in the sense that there’s an ongoing debate between creationists and normal people.