fake news covid epidemic Making people parade against blood donation – linked to vaccine contamination
fake news covid epidemic – On February 1, AFP reported that The aftermath of fake news about the 2019 coronavirus disease or COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine This caused a wave of protests against health officials and the anti-blood donor movement who received the vaccine.
The movement has a Facebook page called the Pure Blood Movement. The members of the group believe that Blood from a blood donor who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 That will contaminate the body of the recipient’s blood.
Some members of the movement also proposed the creation of a new, dedicated blood bank that only accepts blood donations from people who have not been immunized against COVID-19, according to US medical officials. There has been an increasing number of patients requesting blood only from people who have never been vaccinated.
A group member who calls himself “Pure-blooded people” who oppose vaccination against COVID-19 It has also campaigned for violence against medical workers responsible for the vaccine against the disease. They also try to spread fake news that The above vaccines have led to the deaths of many people.
The same case also occurred in New Zealand. After a couple tries to prevent doctors from going ahead with heart surgery to save their baby’s life. Because of fear that the child will receive blood from a donor who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 contaminate the child’s body
The incident resulted in the courts having to place the child under state custody so that doctors could move forward to save the child. But the case became an example that infuriated anti-vaccine groups across the world.
Assistant Professor Kathryn Wallace, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), said news of the case was reported in both mainstream and alternative media on social media. Causing more people to believe in conspiracy theories
“It is a completely unscientific belief. Bringing blood from a previously vaccinated blood donor to the recipient. does not cause the recipient to receive the vaccine,” Asst. Prof. Wallace confirmed.
However, the Foundation’s Safe Blood Donation (Safe Blood Donation) website, founded by Swiss naturopath George Della Pietra, There is an office in Zurich. which erroneously asserts that mRNA vaccines pose a threat to health. Indicates the opposite of Asst. Prof. Wallace.
A response email by the site’s director of media said that many doctors and scientists were concerned about the safety of the coronavirus vaccine. But all agreed that it stimulated the immune system through the mechanisms behind the body. and will be with the recipient forever
The statement contradicted scientific facts from the American Red Cross or ARC. That confirms that blood from blood donors who have received the vaccine is safe. While Asst. Prof. Wallace said the Safe Blood Donation Foundation was completely based on fake news.
But those who will become members of the foundation to receive “Safe blood” will have to pay an entrance fee of 50 euros, or about 1,800 baht, and an annual membership fee of 20 euros, or about 700 baht, making Asst. Prof. Wallace. noted that Playing with human fears can bring in huge amounts of money.
The suspicion and misunderstanding of such fake news spreads to sperm from unvaccinated men and milk from unvaccinated women against COVID-19. comes from fake news that the COVID-19 vaccine It can cause the genetic material or DNA of the recipient to change or even become sterile. which is not entirely true
Conspiracy theorists, however, speculate that blood, sperm and milk from unvaccinated individuals could become the equivalent of bitcoin. while experts consider Donors are likely to be difficult to find in countries with high proportions of the population vaccinated.