An outgrowth of the Covid pandemic was an aversion to getting vaccinated. It was pushed principally over the Internet by known and unknown conspiracy theorists.
Almost overnight, Facebook pages and walls of users were being filled with suspect-looking ‘evidence’ and links to all manner of ‘experts’ so-called and alternative websites.
In time it became necessary for social media executives to enforce blocks on their network’s content sharing algorithms and for responsible journalists to call it out.
However, it’s ongoing. An example is a site called Unjabbed.net, a singles site that networks unvaccinated people together for romantic hookups and non-dating chats.
The Internet is overpopulated with such alternative “eggheads”. They make videos, articles, and social posts which reach a large number of people and have dodgy claims.
The additions made to increase the reach of ‘proper’ science have made the Internet a much safer space to use. The issue is still moderating personal choice with reasons.
