The things we used to post on social media were pictures of us at the beach and of our cat. Now that the corona virus telling you false information that is costing some people there lives. These people may not know in the moment that it is harmful to be posting this stuff but in the long run it will cause serious problems. Please know what your reading.
One social media influencer got a lot of hate for spreading lies about the coronavirus to her followers. Zoe Fuimaono who lives in New Zealand was telling her followers that they shouldn’t wear masks because they don’t work and that they shouldn’t get tested if they don’t want to. Other influencers did not agree and just spammed her comments with the truth. Since she did this New Zealand had four cases after a 102 day streak of no cases. A lot of people believe these influencers so that could be one of the many reason cases are going up so much
People don’t just spread lies about how to prevent it, they also spread lies about the vaccine which is giving people false hope. Scientist who are trying to get a vaccine, so maybe we can stop this pandemic, are seeing that around social media there are lies going around saying that they have a vaccine made out of monkey brains. This is an awful lie to be spreading because people who are vegan and vegetarian would not even think about getting the vaccine because it’s killing the monkeys. Since this rumor is going around people are saying even if the vaccine is cheap and theres a lot of it they will still not get it. People need to know what there believing on social media.
Just because your favorite instagramer or tik toker is partying and saying you shouldn't wear masks does not mean that you should do the same and listen to them. America needs to slow this spread so we can get back to our normal lives and all the people who lost there jobs can work again. People are dying every day because of this virus and people still refuse to follow rules. If everyone in america follows the rules we would get some privileges back.
