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moyismoy t1_j8989fo wrote

Reply to Study links Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy in Africa to the use of media platforms that spread misinformation. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa was accompanied by unprecedented and recurring waves of misinformation and disinformation. by Wagamaga

this is just what happens when you dont have good educational systems. I think one of the best skills you can learn is how to sort out good information from bad.

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Wagamaga OP t1_j8981zb wrote

Reply to Study links Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy in Africa to the use of media platforms that spread misinformation. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa was accompanied by unprecedented and recurring waves of misinformation and disinformation. by Wagamaga

A recent study that examined the impact of information sources on Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in sub-Saharan Africa discovered a strong link between people’s use of various media sources and vaccination resistance.

In 2020, when the pandemic’s impact in Africa was still underestimated, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that nearly 6000 people were hospitalized worldwide as a result of misinformation about coronavirus.

By then, the organization was working to combat false coronavirus information on social media platforms through the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance.,

According to the study, the prevalence of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in the region was 73 percent among social media users, 72 percent among TV viewers, and 42 percent among newspaper readers.

The study was conducted by African researchers from Western Sydney University in Australia; Cape Town and Kwazulu-Natal universities in South Africa and Jos, Benin, and Calabar universities in Nigeria.

It was the first of its kind to demonstrate the impact of information sources on vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa.

It involved 2572 respondents and found that resistance to the Covid-19 vaccines was most common (87 percent) among social media and least common (37 percent) among newspaper readers.

Potential negative effects

Vaccination resistance was also documented in individuals, especially females, who got information about the vaccine from friends and relatives.

In many ways, the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa was accompanied by unprecedented and recurring waves of misinformation and disinformation.

This raised serious concerns about safety and potential negative effects, as well as what scientists called an Infodemic, or too much information, including false or misleading information in physical and digital environments.

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14972-2

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tahthtiwpusitawh t1_j88um9m wrote

Reply to comment by Dizzy_Slip in Large study provides evidence that goal incongruence can harm romantic relationship satisfaction by glum-platimium

Dogs last 15+ years. Test the dedication. You get married have kids in 7 years. Up all night with kids, who is up at 6 to walk the dog. How is the dog vet and expense budget when you want to buy a house.

Trust me as a guy who looks after my wife's two pets from her early twenties (before me) full time.

Edit: add the care and lack of flexibility. Hockey game after work, nope home to feed and let dogs out. Vacation, add $$

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SubiLou t1_j88rr6i wrote

Reply to comment by Mogli_Puff in Large study provides evidence that goal incongruence can harm romantic relationship satisfaction by glum-platimium

There are many different types of careers in engineering. I found that I hate field support (emergently fixing broken crap), but love tech writing. Some weird people love quality assurance and compliance, while others love equipment design and training. I hope you get (or got) the chance to try out different options before you leave engineering all together.

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