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While Facebook claims to have made “considerable progress” with downgrading misinformation regarding COVID vaccines in users’ feeds, the internal company documents obtained by former Facebook product manager-turned-whistleblower raises pertinent questions about the platform’s business model and ethics. By Jisha Krishnan “Honestly, I wasn’t surprised. It has been an open secret,” says a self-confessed Facebook addict and techie based in Bengaluru, as we discuss ‘The Facebook Papers’. Thanks to the powerful collaboration among journalists from across the globe, the world is now privy to how the ...
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The special webinar, hosted by the Asia News Network, in collaboration with DataLEADS and The Statesman, was moderated by Pana Janviroj, Executive Director of ANN, and Akanksha Rathor of The Statesman. By Varadarajan Ananthakrishnan India is riding on a very good system for mass vaccination, according to Dr. Roderico Ofrin, WHO representative to India. Talking at a special webinar on “India’s vaccines and vaccination: Mission Possible”, Dr Ofrin said it was meticulous planning down to the last detail that is behind the success of its mass vaccination program. Taking the example of Bihar he sai...
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Get vaccinated at the first opportunity you get. And yes, ignore every opinion that tells you not to. By Varadarajan Ananthakrishnan It is my habit to check the daily figures on COVID every day on the government portal. My hopes surge and fall – with the decline and increase in cases. But one column that makes me smile wider and wider, is the number of vaccinations across the country. About 73% of this country’s population falls under the category eligible for vaccination. That is approximately 100 crores. My simple maths is if the number of vaccinations hit 100 crores, then all of the eligibl...
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Viral Facebook post in multiple South Asian languages falsely claims that Russian hackers now have access to the “exact GPS coordinates, sleep status, and more” of people vaccinated against COVID-19. By Tej Kumar “Russian hackers have found a database showing information on people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus have chips, exact GPS coordinates, sleep status, and more,” claims a viral Facebook post that has been circulating in multiple South Asian languages, including Thai, Japanese and Chinese. The social media post further claims that “People will now become transmitters an...
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A YouTube channel called ‘Unmask Express’ has been consistently making unscientific claims about the vaccines against COVID-19, RT-PCR tests and the existence of the coronavirus itself! First Check sets the record straight. By Tej Kumar Dr. Sachin Pethkar, a Pune-based Ayurvedic physician and entrepreneur, is the face of ‘Unmask Express’, the YouTube channel that has garnered a lot of buzz due to its controversial claims about COVID-19. While the channel has been consistently making unscientific health-related claims, here are some of the most harmful assertions that First Check decided to sif...
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IISER Kolkata clarified that no such evidence has been found in any papers published by the institute. By Pushpita Dey A YouTube video, that has been gaining much traction, claims that according to latest research by the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, people who have got the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine are ‘silent spreaders’ of the disease. The video in Hindi urges people to stay away from those who have got their maiden COVID jab. It further claims that the virus transmitted through vaccinated people will have a more severe impact on those who are not ...
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Prominent Indian lawyer and activist, Prashant Bhushan, was called out on Twitter for posting misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines. By Tej Kumar Twitter recently tagged a tweet by Indian lawyer and activist, Prashant Bhushan as ‘misleading’. You can view an archived version of the tweet here. The post made three misleading claims: Claim: Healthy young will hardly suffer from severe effects or die due to COVID-19. Fact: As per the data available with the Indian Health Ministry, there has been a three-percentage point increase in COVID-19 cases, among persons aged 21 to 50 years in the seco...
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A viral WhatsApp message claims that using anaesthesia can be life-threatening for COVID-19 vaccinated people. This claim is false. By Tej Kumar The WhatsApp message, forwarded multiple times claims, “anyone who has been vaccinated against coronavirus is prohibited from taking any type of anaesthetics or dentist’s anaesthetics because this poses a great danger to the life of a vaccinated person.” The message goes on to claim that the vaccinated people should wait at least four weeks before receiving any anaesthesia. It further cites an example “a Pharmacy’s friend relative was vaccinated two d...
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As India strives to ramp up COVID vaccinations, Health Analytics Asia speaks to Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, public policy and health systems expert. Dr. Lahariya has also authored the book “Till We Win: India’s fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic” with Dr. Gagandeep Kang and Dr. Randeep Guleria. By Tariq Hashmat More than four months into the #LargestVaccinationDrive in India, a little over 40 million people have received both doses of COVID vaccine – this is under four per cent of the population. With a devastating second wave on a slow but steady decline, India now looks to shift focus back on...
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An expert addresses key apprehensions and doubts about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant and breastfeeding women. By Dr Kishore Kumar With the unprecedented spread of the deadly virus in India and the parallel vaccine rollout in progress, my colleagues and I are often asked questions about getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Is this vaccine safe? What will be the effect on the pregnancy or infant after taking the vaccine? What are the risks to the mother and potential risks to the fetus or infant? What are the side-effects? Can lactating women take the prescribed m...
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