Скачать или смотреть How COVID memes can spread misinformation | Is This Legit?

This meme states there are more COVID cases now than there were before there was a vaccine. The meme insinuates the vaccine is ~causing~ this spike in cases. But correlation doesn't equal causation!

In this episode of #IsThisLegit, MediaWise Teen Fact-Checker Pride breaks down why and how memes are used to spread misinformation.

#COVID #vaccines #misinformation #memes #badmemes

Sources for this fact-check:
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
FDA: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press....
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-...
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/factc...

---
Learn more about MediaWise: https://www.poynter.org/mediawise

Follow MediaWise on Instagram:   / mediawise  
Follow MediaWise on Facebook:   / mediawise  
Follow MediaWise on Twitter:   / mediawise  
Follow MediaWise on TikTok:   / mediawise