Posted on Mar 31, 2021
The vaccine misinformation battle raging in France
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France is one of the most vaccine-sceptical countries in the world - fertile ground for hard-line anti-vaccine activists spreading online misinformation, writes the BBC's specialist disinformation reporter Marianna Spring.
In his spare time, Gilles loves to watch sci-fi films and read bandes dessinées - French comic books.
He also helps run a conspiracy-themed French-language Facebook group with 50,000 members, many of whom spread falsehoods about coronavirus.
He became a member just after the start of the pandemic, almost a year ago.
"I felt in my gut that this whole thing was overrated and wrong," Gilles says. He doesn't deny - like some others in the group - that Covid-19 is real. Instead he harbours vague suspicions about the disease, potential cures, and alleged cover-ups.
And he doesn't want a Covid vaccine, because of posts he's seeing on the group.
In his spare time, Gilles loves to watch sci-fi films and read bandes dessinées - French comic books.
He also helps run a conspiracy-themed French-language Facebook group with 50,000 members, many of whom spread falsehoods about coronavirus.
He became a member just after the start of the pandemic, almost a year ago.
"I felt in my gut that this whole thing was overrated and wrong," Gilles says. He doesn't deny - like some others in the group - that Covid-19 is real. Instead he harbours vague suspicions about the disease, potential cures, and alleged cover-ups.
And he doesn't want a Covid vaccine, because of posts he's seeing on the group.
The vaccine misinformation battle raging in France
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Anytime there is a side effect or some possibility of one it gets blown out of proportion
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The virus that causes COVID-19 is mutating, and that’s complicating efforts to end the pandemic. If there’s only one thing people learn about variants, it should be this: The best way to prevent new strains of the coronavirus from emerging is by stopping transmission of the virus altogether. We will bring an end to the pandemic much sooner if everyone remains vigilant about social distancing, wears a mask, and gets vaccinated when it’s their turn.
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