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Professor of International Relations and Political Science (TSPMI) at Vilnius University (VU) dr. Nerijus Maliukevičius describes the spread of messages on social media as a traditional example of spreading fake news.
Photo from Facebook / Lying about the Marijampolė Hospital is spread on social networks
The hospital provided the numbers
“We carry out 845 vaccination procedures. Of these, some people received the vaccine for the first time, others two. Of all those vaccinated, only 21 employees reported an adverse reaction, which is 2.5 percent of those vaccinated, ”said the director of the Marijampolė Hospital, commenting on the melagonism.
According to M. Čėsna, the side effects recorded were the phenomena generally mentioned in the vaccine package insert: pain at the injection site, swelling, muscle pain.
Less less often: fatigue or fever.
The text shared by Facebook users also explains that ophthalmologists have been “put to work” in the COVID wards of the Marijampolė Hospital.
According to the hospital director, it is common practice to use the help of doctors in various fields during a pandemic, and neither he nor the hospital administration can “tell” anything to the doctors.
“It just came to our knowledge then. All the doctors who worked in the COVID department went to do it, understanding the situation, voluntarily and without really forcing anyone,” explained M. Čėsna.
“We are not exceptional, all hospitals have everyone who can work in those departments,” added the hospital director.
Photo from Facebook / Post about vaccinated doctors in Marijampolė
Conspiracy theory
The entry, which is distributed in different variants, explains that Lithuanians feel the side effects of the vaccine more strongly, due to dietary differences.
Americans who are more used to synthetic foods are said to find it easier to collect vaccines.
Professor Saulius Čaplinskas, Doctor of Medical Sciences, calls such statements a conspiracy theory baseless.
“Such claims should be based on some research. You can come up with all kinds of conspiracy theories. I have not lost any research to read about it,” said the doctor.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Saulius Čaplinskas
According to S.Čaplinskas, such considerations go beyond logic.
“If we talk about allergic reactions, it might be more logical to think that those who eat inferior foods should have more allergies, it is difficult to say,” said the doctor.
The target is metropolitan residents
Professor N. Maliukevičius from VU TSPMI explains: relying on fictitious authorities is an old way of creating and spreading liars.
“This is the so-called technique of appealing to authority. In some cases, supposed scientists are appealed, for example, telling terrible stories about the harm of vaccines. Another variant of this manipulation is the manipulation of social authorities: a mother , a relative, a friend who works as a doctor ”, explains N. Maliukevičius.
According to him, the creators of liars are trying to sow a feeling of insecurity, destabilizing the situation in society.
Irmanto Gelūno / 15min nuotr./Nerijus Maliukevičius
“Why do people believe that? There is a lot of stress and fear during a pandemic. Liars often target feelings of insecurity and fear to get them out of cancer. It does so by creating messages related to the virus, the damage of the vaccine, ”explained the VU TSPMI speaker.
Liars often target feelings of insecurity and fear to get them out of cancer.
N. Maliukevičius emphasizes that the Marijampolė Hospital was probably not the main target of the melaguay manufacturers: a small district medical institution was chosen to make it difficult for residents of large cities to verify the disseminated information.
“Where the message is more difficult to verify, it gains more momentum,” stressed the media specialist.
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