What bots mention vaccines?

While the bots were involved in the vaccine controversy, that was a relatively minor part of their content, accounting for just under 2,000 tweets, or less than 0.1 percent of the total. But vaccine tweets weren't evenly distributed among the accounts. To find out more, the researchers used a machine-learning tool to categorize the accounts based on their word use and the subjects they discussed.

The algorithm determined there were nine clusters of accounts, several of which never mentioned vaccines. For example, a number of the bot accounts were involved in attempts to manipulate the popularity of hashtags and didn't discuss vaccines. Similarly, a set of anti-Ukraine accounts that focused on supporting Russia's annexation of Crimea were, not surprisingly, devoid of vaccine content.

But a number of other categories of accounts did make vaccine-focused posts. Some of those, however, weren't especially informative. Three types of accounts focused on news and events, which sporadically mentioned vaccine stories, but their content was rare and either neutral or contained a balanced mix of pro- and anti-vaccine items.

One unexpected group that did mention vaccines was a set of accounts that pretended to be African Americans. Vaccines were a small component of their posts (0.03 percent), but over 10 percent of the accounts in this group mentioned them at least once. The posts were roughly evenly mixed between pro- and anti-vaccine statements, with the anti-vaccination ones largely focusing on an anti-corporate message.

What bots mention vaccines?

While the bots were involved in the vaccine controversy, that was a relatively minor part of their content, accounting for just under 2,000 tweets, or less than 0.1 percent of the total. But vaccine tweets weren't evenly distributed among the accounts. To find out more, the researchers used a machine-learning tool to categorize the accounts based on their word use and the subjects they discussed.

The algorithm determined there were nine clusters of accounts, several of which never mentioned vaccines. For example, a number of the bot accounts were involved in attempts to manipulate the popularity of hashtags and didn't discuss vaccines. Similarly, a set of anti-Ukraine accounts that focused on supporting Russia's annexation of Crimea were, not surprisingly, devoid of vaccine content.

But a number of other categories of accounts did make vaccine-focused posts. Some of those, however, weren't especially informative. Three types of accounts focused on news and events, which sporadically mentioned vaccine stories, but their content was rare and either neutral or contained a balanced mix of pro- and anti-vaccine items.

One unexpected group that did mention vaccines was a set of accounts that pretended to be African Americans. Vaccines were a small component of their posts (0.03 percent), but over 10 percent of the accounts in this group mentioned them at least once. The posts were roughly evenly mixed between pro- and anti-vaccine statements, with the anti-vaccination ones largely focusing on an anti-corporate message.

Russia trolls 'spreading vaccination misinformation' to create discord

Social media bots and Russian trolls have been spreading disinformation about vaccines on Twitter to create social discord and distribute malware, US researchers say.
Troll accounts that had attempted to influence the US election had also been tweeting about vaccines, a study says.
Many posted both pro- and anti-vaccination messages to create "false equivalency", the study found.
It examined thousands of tweets sent between 2014 and 2017.
Vaccination was being used by trolls and sophisticated bots as a "wedge issue", said Mark Dredze from Johns Hopkins University.
"By playing both sides, they erode public trust in vaccination, exposing us all to the risk of infectious diseases," he said.
Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) said cases of measles in Europe had hit a record high, with experts blaming this surge in infections on a drop in the number of people being vaccinated.
In the US, the number of children being exempted from immunisation for religious or philosophical reasons is also rising, research published in June found.
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While a majority of Americans believed vaccines were safe and effective, looking at Twitter gave a different impression and suggested that there was a lot of debate about the issue, the disinformation study, which was published in the American Journal of Public Health, said.
"A significant portion of the online discourse about vaccines may be generated by malicious actors with a range of hidden agendas," said David Broniatowski from George Washington University.
The researchers reviewed more than 250 tweets about vaccination from accounts linked to the St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA). In February the agency was named in a US indictment over alleged election meddling.
The IRA tweets used polarising language and linked vaccination to controversial statements about race, class and government legitimacy, the researchers said.
One tweet casting doubt on vaccines that was cited in the study read: "Did you know there was secret government database of #Vaccine-damaged child? #VaccinateUS".
Another that argued for vaccinations said: "#VaccinateUS You can't fix stupidity. Let them die from measles, and I'm for #vaccination!"
Meanwhile less sophisticated "content polluters" - bot accounts that distribute malware, unsolicited commercial content and disruptive materials - shared anti-vaccination messages much more frequently than average Twitter users, using them as "bait" to get people to click on links to malicious websites.
Social media companies are struggling to find ways to combat disinformation on their platforms.
Earlier this week Facebook and Twitter said they had suspended or removed accounts linked to Iran and Russia over "inauthentic" or "manipulating" behaviour.
In July Twitter was reported to have shut down up to 70m fake and suspicious accounts.

Russian trolls 'spreading discord' over vaccine safety online

Bots and Russian trolls spread misinformation about vaccines on Twitter to sow division and distribute malicious content before and during the American presidential election, according to a new study.

Scientists at George Washington University, in Washington DC, made the discovery while trying to improve social media communications for public health workers, researchers said. Instead, they found trolls and bots skewing online debate and upending consensus about vaccine safety.

The study discovered several accounts, now known to belong to the same Russian trolls who interfered in the US election, as well as marketing and malware bots, tweeting about vaccines.

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Замечательное видио от доктора Шафолинова.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kU_EGFB2oNM&feature=youtu.be

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Все верно , сначала напугать , что бы люди сами выстроились в очередь за этими вакцинами . И ещё создать дефицит.

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Ешкин кот, Тычинка! ты у меня в игноре, я и без понятия что ты обо мне всуе вспоминаешь, пока не зашла с дивайса где никто не залогинен, тем более что сейчас столько всего происходит, смотреть - не пересмотреть, читать - не перечитать, не до короновирусных переливаний из пустого в порожнее (лично мне) на форуме который давно потерял человеческое лицо
Так вот, че ты там значит спрашивала? как я... кхм... болела? Блин, даже нечего рассказать, ни про сопли ни про кашель, ни в этом году, ни даже в прошлый холодный сезон 2019-20го, несмотря на то что работала там где высокая людская проходимость - Витамин Д3 и мытье рук рулят! Только "перезаражала" в своей маске бессимптомно огромное кол-во народу - кому как не тебе не знать, что бессимптомные - они самые заразные! пора делать вебсайт - жертвы коронавируса, заразившиеся от Альтеи.
Адресуя другие заданные вопросы.. критическое мышление надо иногда включать, серча интернет...вот чудеса: школы закрыты, а учителя все равно умирают. А знаешь почему они умирают? по причинами которые ничем не отличаются от причин почему умерли представители любых других специальностей. Например устали сидеть дома и поехали на каникулах встречаться с семьей, ходили в бар и джим (или ты думаешь, раз учителя то не ходят?) и тд Помню читала о каком-то сборе для учителей, где студентов в помине не было (студенты дома уже 10 мес), про который было написано, что потрясло кол-во учителей не носящих маску. А уж списывать вину за смерть retired teachers на учеников, которые сидят дома с марта - это вообще верх тупости (а можно троллизма?)
Не может никак Тычинка принять, что СДС постановили в результате экстенсив рисерча о чем-то, с чем Тычинка категорически не согласна! ты с ними свяжись, расскажи о заслугах, думаю тебе медаль coronavirus watchdog положена.
Все, адьос, постараюсь больше не заходить с дивайсов где никто не залогинен. Тебе тоже не болеть

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Life in a cage cowering in fear isn't life at all. Let those who wish to cower, cower, let those who wish to live, live!

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2021/01/11/asymptomatic-spread
Nearly 60% of all new coronavirus cases may come from people who carry the virus but who exhibit no symptoms of Covid-19, according to a new CDC model—findings experts say are even more concerning in light of a new, more contagious variant of the virus that's emerged.


Какая мерзость желать мне не болеть когда сама ты эту заразу разносишь
Себе пожелай пожить хорошо бгг

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What a lovely day yeah we won the war May have lost a million men but we got a million more All the people they say

Event 201
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. The exercise illustrated areas where public/private partnerships will be necessary during the response to a severe pandemic in order to diminish large-scale economic and societal consequences.

Они тренировались в октябре 2019 на короновирусе, который начался от свиней. Какое совпадение, не правда ли?

Продолжение тут https://www.instagram.com/p/CKQgRrdgGk_/?igshid=soh0gi84sbxf
Золотые слова , браво доктор

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Как в сторону США двигается новый «караван мигрантов». Видео
Военные остановили на границе Гондураса и Гватемалы несколько тысяч мигрантов. Они, как и несколько лет назад, двигаются в сторону США. Победивший на выборах президента Байден пообещал ранее облегчить получение гражданства Америки

8 тыс человек

https://www.rbc.ru/society/19/01/2021/6006c22f9a79471e42f731d9

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Да да , у них было учение . За несколько мес до .
Ну очень много милых совпадений .

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Тем временем ...

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Вот ведь врут, на самом деле Байден сказал "сидите дома" :

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/incoming-biden-administration-migrant-caravan-don-t-come-you-won-n1254550