Local, National Health Officials Fighting Against COVID-19 Disinformation

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Concerns surrounding COVID-19 disinformation person been growing.

In response, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen joined Protect Our Care’s virtual property league Tuesday on with apical section and nationalist wellness officials to code the emergence of mendacious accusation they accidental is endangering millions of Americans.

Health officials accidental for the archetypal clip successful six months, COVID-19 cases are rising successful each 50 states and the unvaccinated marque up astir 90 percent of hospitalizations and deaths.

Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, subordinate prof astatine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is among galore different leaders aggressively moving to combat the emergence of COVID-19 disinformation, particularly surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine.

“We are successful a very, precise worrisome signifier close now,” she said.

It’s costing lives, Nuzzo said.

“Unfortunately our efforts person slowed, and our rollout of vaccines person been gathering tremendous amounts of absorption that is just, unfortunately, mounting america backmost farther than we perfectly request to beryllium by now,” Nuzzo said.

As of Wednesday, for the ninth day successful a row, much than 100 caller COVID-19 cases were reported successful Maryland. The statewide positivity complaint has besides accrued to 1.65 percent.

With the delta variant connected the emergence targeting the astir vulnerable, unvaccinated people, wellness officials accidental present is the clip to refocus connected prevention and education.

“Just anticipation that we tin each propulsion unneurotic arsenic a federation to support each different and to marque definite astatine the precise least, it’s good if radical privation to marque the determination not to beryllium vaccinated, but to marque definite they bash truthful based connected facts not lies,” Nuzzo said.

The COVID-19 vaccine has been proven harmless and effective. The CDC says it tin support you from getting and spreading the virus. It tin besides support you from getting earnestly sick adjacent if you declaration COVID-19.

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