I’ve seen a video talking about the leaked Facebook files where it says they should remove true information about side effects. It says Facebook should remove:

True information:

a. Delta: The Surgeon General wants us to remove true information about side effects.

Why do you think people should or shouldn’t know about the side effects of the COVID vaccine?

There are people questioning the veracity of the quote so I’ve searched a bit and found some sources.

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  • Veritas@lemmy.mlOP
    1113·
    11 months ago

    I don’t understand. Could you dumb it down for me? Should people know the side effects? As I understand from your comment, even true information should be banned from FB because people should go there only to hear opinions anyways, not factual medical information. Am I right? I really disagree because first is medical information, and then it will be something else, until no one has the right to say anything.

    • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
      102·
      11 months ago

      Should people know the side effects?

      They will know about the side effects, because those are discussed with the medical professional that performs the inoculation.

      Talking about the side effects on Facebook is like diagnosing yourself with cancer from WebMD. Or ruling out cancer based on WebMD.

    • jecxjo@midwest.socialEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      The pandemic is a social issue. We all have a responsibility the rest of the population to do what we can to not spread. The problem with this is we expect people to not be stupid and make truly informed decision.

      There was a ridiculous number of people who said they weren’t getting the vaccine because some rapper said their cousin’s gf’s neighbor’s husbands balls fell off after getting the vaccine. Those people apparently didn’t have a basic epistemology that would cause them to take pause on something so stupid.

      What does this have to do with legitimate publications? How many people do you think have read medical or technical publications? How many of them do you thinking know know the difference between the types of studies, how the statistics work or efficacy? How many side effects medical terms do you think the average joe understands? Often times people misunderstand that the affects of the disease are far far worse and far more likely than the side affects.

      If you have questions about side affects you should be talking to a doctor. If you don’t understand why going to them is important then you are the type of person who may be swayed by some rapper’s balls falling off when there is absolutely zero evidence for it. It also means you probably wont really understand the side affects and may make a decision because you misunderstand what they are.