A Warning About Corona Vaccination “Conspiracy Theories”

Some parties are trying to take advantage of people’s need to prevent infection with the emerging corona virus, promoting some products that are effective in fighting the virus.

Conspiracy theories claiming, for example, that a Corona virus vaccine will lead to the implantation of an electronic chip in the body, are being promoted as part of the misleading information about vaccines on social media in the French-speaking world in In particular, according to the non-governmental organization “First Draft” that combats the spread of disinformation.

“When people cannot easily access reliable information about vaccines and there is great suspicion in the people and institutions involved in vaccines, the wrong information fills this gap very quickly” and gradually fuels growing mistrust of vaccines, the report wrote. organization in a study published Thursday.

First Draft has created a tag for various vaccine-related information that circulates on social media such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, in English, French, and Spanish.

Of the 14 million posts containing the words “vaccine” or “vaccination” published between mid-June and mid-September, the NGO used a sample of 1,200 most liked posts that in turn produced more than 13 million interactions. (I like, shared, comment …).

The first draft noted that “two dominant themes in all three languages” are “political and economic reasons behind vaccines” and “safety and necessity of vaccines.” The organization expresses concern about the impact of misinformation on the acceptance of vaccines in general and the possible future vaccine against Covid in particular.

She writes that “conspiracy theories” about vaccination “are too pervasive on social media,” particularly in French-language posts where there are “more posts linking vaccines to conspiracy theories than to ethical issues. or religious or civil liberties concerns. “.

The organization also noted that these theories are not limited to “small fringe groups” but “resonate with the yellow vest movement, libertarian movements and new age groups” with the use of terms such as “small chip” or “deep state”, which are very popular words.

The “libertarian” ideology of American origin demands the highest degree of individual freedom against institutions and governments. The “deep state” theory is also widespread in the United States, which asserts that there is a kind of invisible power possessed by a few shadow activists to achieve their interests at the expense of the people.

And in all languages, First Draft signals the emergence of “ideologically contradictory” alliances, between libertarians, vaccine opponents, New Age groups and the far right with the QE Non movement, all of whom “band together” to “oppose the next vaccine against Covid “.