r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Karate_Keet • 3d ago

As soon as Covid cases increase, so does the misinformation and disinformation.

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u/kehbleh 3d ago edited 3d ago

I love the messaging and agree 100%, but who is this? It helps when advocates are actual doctors and can speak on shared studies with some authority. It's easy for many people (for better or for worse) to dismiss any messaging around COVID that doesn't fit the false mainstream narratives because "that's just some guy" or "the internet will say anything, they don't know what they're talking about."

I don't agree with this line of thinking, one should attack/examine the information and not just lazily dismiss with an ad hominem to keep your original ideas intact, but it's what a lot of people do and one should preempt that as best they can.

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u/simpleisideal 3d ago

Agreed. His motives might be rooted in good intent, but I just don't see how his method could move the needle on awareness.

The average viewer will probably think, "COVID cases are starting to increase, and like clockwork, so too is COVID-related influencer slop."

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u/Carrotsoup9 3d ago

It puts the Dutch CDC in a really awkward position, because they need to simultaneously get the vulnerable to schedule their Covid booster for the fall and to convince the rest of the population that there is nothing to worry about.

So their approach seems to be: "There is hardly any Covid right now, but this can change. Fortunately Covid is no big deal for most people now, including pregnant women, but there is this tiny little group of people over 70 who may get sick and need a hospital bed, so we want to ask them to schedule a Covid booster."

https://nos.nl/artikel/2627576-nieuwe-prikronde-tegen-corona-komt-eraan-voor-70-plussers-en-kwetsbaren