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There was a concerted mass campaign on social media to misreport serious side effects, I wonder if that was factored in.

derbOac 3y ago
Do you have any links to stories on this? Not meaning to question the truth of what you're saying, I'm just interested in reading more about it.
- longbrass 3y ago
  https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/14/1004757554/anti-vaccine-activists-use-a-federal-database-to-spread-fear-about-covid-vaccine https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/14/1004757... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670676/ https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/01-09-2022-infodemics-and-misinformation-negatively-affect-people-s-health-behaviours--new-who-review-finds https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/01-09-2022-infodemics-a...
  - eli 3y ago
    None of those seem to be about intentionally reporting false reactions?
neilv 3y ago
That sounds like sociopathic/imbecilic behavior, and arguably a national security threat. Do we know whether and how it was investigated?
- itishappy 3y ago
  "That's not even the tragedy of the commons anymore. That's the tragedy of you're a dick." https://xkcd.com/958/ https://xkcd.com/958/
decremental 3y ago
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api 3y ago
My favorite were all the fake TikTok tremors videos. Search for it. Like much of TikTok it was people being obnoxious for views. There's apparently an epidemic if fake medical condition videos on TikTok, including fake Tourette's impressions that are really offensive and harmful to people who actually have the condition.
- salad-tycoon 3y ago
  Or the magnetic shot videos. These were long and involved. Showing people “man on the street” style being asked if they had been vaxxed and then if yes place a magnet on his her arm and it would stick. There was a lot of propaganda and fake news. A lot of it, to me, appeared to discredit more reliable conscientious objectors by drawing the more feeble minded into this a sort of WWG1WGA q anon BS. Reading the comments here I see the rhetoric is still simmering on both sides. So much to say on this topic, so little ability to communicate on it. I blame social media and 24/7 news turning us into screaming marionettes warring with each other. It’s not going to get any better either.
bigtex 3y ago
It is a crime to misreport to VAERS. The only people I have seen with "proof" are people who knowingly submitted a false report to "prove" how easy it was to get a report to be accepted. This was done by some who was pro-vaccine as well.

derbOac 3y ago

Do you have any links to stories on this? Not meaning to question the truth of what you're saying, I'm just interested in reading more about it.

longbrass 3y ago
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/14/1004757554/anti-vaccine-activists-use-a-federal-database-to-spread-fear-about-covid-vaccine https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/14/1004757... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670676/ https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/01-09-2022-infodemics-and-misinformation-negatively-affect-people-s-health-behaviours--new-who-review-finds https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/01-09-2022-infodemics-a...
- eli 3y ago
  None of those seem to be about intentionally reporting false reactions?

neilv 3y ago

That sounds like sociopathic/imbecilic behavior, and arguably a national security threat. Do we know whether and how it was investigated?

itishappy 3y ago
"That's not even the tragedy of the commons anymore. That's the tragedy of you're a dick." https://xkcd.com/958/ https://xkcd.com/958/

decremental 3y ago

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api 3y ago

My favorite were all the fake TikTok tremors videos. Search for it. Like much of TikTok it was people being obnoxious for views. There's apparently an epidemic if fake medical condition videos on TikTok, including fake Tourette's impressions that are really offensive and harmful to people who actually have the condition.

salad-tycoon 3y ago
Or the magnetic shot videos. These were long and involved. Showing people “man on the street” style being asked if they had been vaxxed and then if yes place a magnet on his her arm and it would stick. There was a lot of propaganda and fake news. A lot of it, to me, appeared to discredit more reliable conscientious objectors by drawing the more feeble minded into this a sort of WWG1WGA q anon BS. Reading the comments here I see the rhetoric is still simmering on both sides. So much to say on this topic, so little ability to communicate on it. I blame social media and 24/7 news turning us into screaming marionettes warring with each other. It’s not going to get any better either.

bigtex 3y ago

It is a crime to misreport to VAERS. The only people I have seen with "proof" are people who knowingly submitted a false report to "prove" how easy it was to get a report to be accepted. This was done by some who was pro-vaccine as well.