Assignment task: We get a lot of information from online sites, including our news. "Fake news" is a common term these days. It has been used in political campaigns, during a pandemic, and in other contexts. How do we know that what we are reading online is legitimate? This article from Britannica discusses 10 myths about Covid-19 vaccines that have spread online. Choose one of the myths or another fake news story you have seen and share why a reader might be tempted to believe it. What seems real to you? Is there fact and fiction mixed in together to convince the skeptical reader? Where would you go to find information to validate the claims made in the example you chose?
Read the chosen myth below please
Chosen MYTH: Government food stamps will be denied to those who refuse COVID-19 vaccines.
Start sentence with The myth I chose is(above myth)
THE FACTS: The pseudoscience and conspiracy-oriented website Natural News first reported that President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 task force had announced such a policy. However, the article relied on outdated and inaccurate information. Dr. Luciana Borio, a member of the task force, helped to write report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in July 2020 that mentioned government food stamps in a larger discussion about COVID-19 vaccines. However, the report was not part of the task force, and it did not advocate the denial of food stamps to people who decline to take a COVID-19 vaccine. The report's lead authors said in a statement to FactCheck.org in November 2020 that they "do NOT advocate that such social supports ever be withheld in connection with an individual's vaccination status."