US President Donald Trump speaks before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
On Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control took the surprise decision to halt the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine after six women developed “a rare and severe type of blood clot.”
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But QAnon supporters were able to get around this confusion (they always find a way) by suggesting that Trump’s statement was a sign that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was safe because it was actually just a placebo and Trump of course knows this.