By ignoring statistics, the government sometimes spread pandemic misinformation.

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Media platforms allowed misinformation to easily propagate during the Pandemic. In an attempt to quell misinformation, the CDC and the Federal Government attempted, sometimes successfully, to shut down debate. Yet, at times, these entities themselves spread false information regarding measures meant to prevent Covid. We will look briefly at two topics through government statements and scientific evidence: vaccines and masks. The scientific evidence behind the Covid vaccines was extremely strong, and seemingly difficuit to over-state, but the CDC did indeed overstate their benefit, while ignoring other factors regularly considered when recommending vaccines, such as age, side effects, and prior exposure. Regarding masks, the CDC pushed policies based on little or no scientific data, and ignored or even suppressed scientific data that called their efficacy into doubt.

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