US President Joe Biden on Friday said that social media misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is "killing people". The White House said Facebook needs to clean up its act as the President held that ‘only pandemic is among the unvaccinated’.
The White House is turning up the pressure on social media companies to weed out what officials say is widely spread misinformation on coronavirus vaccinations. According to US health officials, a current spike in Covid-19 deaths and illnesses around the country is almost exclusively hitting people who remain unvaccinated.
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Many of those refusing vaccinations, despite the ease of availability have said they do not trust the shots. Skepticism is being fueled both by false posts spread by anti-vaccine activists online.