U.S. Surgeon general releases guide to combating COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Surgeon general releases guide to combating COVID-19 vaccine misinformation The government's top doctor released a step-by-step toolkit Tuesday morning to help people combat misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines in their own close circles. "We need people in communities all across our country to have these conversations," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an interview with ABC News. Over the summer, the surgeon general issued an advisory that called misinformation an urgent public health threat. Yahoo

The government's top doctor released a step-by-step toolkit Tuesday morning to help people combat misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines in their own close circles.

"We need people in communities all across our country to have these conversations," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an interview with ABC News.

"This is not just the government that needs to be engaged in these conversations. If anything, it's individuals who have people they trust in their lives who have great power when it comes to helping them move our vaccination rates in the right direction," Murthy said.

The guide provides a road map for vaccinated people to talk to unvaccinated people who have bought into conspiracy theories or lies that spread on the internet about the COVID-19 vaccines. ...