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Headlines For Nov. 14, 2021​

BY FIROZE ALAM | NOV 14 2021
Last edited 363 days ago by Atahrul Chowdhury
VOA

Indian police, claiming “fake news” was being spread about anti-Muslim violence, have charged dozens of social media users in the northeastern state of Tripura — including members of private fact-finding groups looking into the violence.

The Straits Times

A video of Taiwan’s Health Minister Chen Shih-chung singing into a microphone at a dinner party drew criticism from netizens and an opposition leader when it started circulating online last Wednesday (Nov 10) night. Main opposition party Kuomintang chairman Eric Chu hinted that the minister should resign for being frivolous during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Guardian

Medical experts are speaking out against Covid-19 vaccine “detoxes” that some inaccurately claim can remove the effects of vaccinations received under mandates and other . In one video that has received hundreds of thousands of views, Carrie Madej, an osteopath based in Georgia, falsely claims a bath containing baking soda, epsom salts and the cleaning agent borax will “detox the vaxx” from anyone who has received a jab.

The Jordan Times

At the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro used his allotted time at the podium to recount his views on COVID-19. He extolled the virtues of treatments that have been rejected by scientists and proclaimed that he had benefited from the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.

CNN

Since vaccines were first authorized for use , swarms of anti-vaxxers have pushed a variety of unfounded claims suggesting the vaccine is unsafe and urging people not to receive one. Even with 58.5% percent of Americans and for federal employees and contractors set to go into effect, anti-vaccine misinformation is still commonplace.
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