#Facebook accounts contain misinformation about COVID vaccine: report

#Facebook accounts contain misinformation about COVID vaccine: report

“#Facebook accounts contain misinformation about COVID vaccine: report” A new report says three dozen Facebook pages reaching approximately 14.2 million users contained inaccurate and unsubstantiated allegations about the safety and effects of any future COVID-19 ­vaccine, and vaccines in general. NewsGuard, which released the report Thursday, labeled the sites “misinformation super spreaders” when it comes…

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#Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate soars to 6.1%

#Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate soars to 6.1%

“#Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate soars to 6.1%” Connecticut’s coronavirus positivity rate reached 6.1 percent overnight — the highest it has been since June 1, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. Out of 21,739 COVID-19 tests performed, 1,319 were positive — and the number “may be a harbinger of things to come,” he warned. “I look hard…

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#Coronavirus mutation spread across Europe: report

#Coronavirus mutation spread across Europe: report

“#Coronavirus mutation spread across Europe: report” Researchers studying the coronavirus and its genetic mutations revealed in a study a genetic mutation that originated in farmworkers in Spain may have contributed to the second wave in Europe, a report said. The Financial Times reported scientists are working to determine what role, if any, variant 20A.EU1 could…

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