An anti-mandate account posted an image to social media mocking a person receiving a vaccination while wearing a mask for being injected with “unknown substances” while being “afraid to breathe air.”
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The post misrepresents some basic facts, including that masks do not prevent breathing and that there are no unknown substances in COVID-19 vaccines. Consider countering these misconceptions by emphasizing the transparency of vaccine ingredients. Messaging may also explain that the ingredient lists for the authorized COVID-19 vaccines have been available for nearly two years and that nearly two-thirds of the world’s population is fully vaccinated. Fact-checking sources:
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