On a recent show on Actualidad, a Miami AM radio station, the host was promoting a false cure for Covid-19: the use of ivermectin, a drug used to deworm animals.
Now, they have moved to medical disinformation. A common theme is to compare international government responses to the pandemic to Nazi Germany, with groups claiming lockdowns as well as mask and vaccine mandates are the beginning of global tyranny. Many of the claims being made in Spanish are not much different from those in English and other languages throughout the world.
The influencer attended a school board meeting over mask mandates in Lee County, Florida, and was escorted out as she yelled “communists” at the board members. She shouted at parents to “stop complying” and to “take your kids out of school.” In one Telegram channel, a user urged people not to give up parental rights to the government, adding "first it’s ‘mask mandate,’ second is ‘healthcare mandate’ thirdly, your ‘parental rights’ mandated away.”
“All the false information being repeated on social media and radio is having an influence on our communities,” Pérez-Verdía said. After studying the findings, Voto Latino released an ad in California, Texas and Florida with everyday people talking about their experiences after being inoculated. They identified people who were vaccine hesitant and "on the fence" about getting vaccinated, not those considered unpersuadable. Those who watched the ad were 54 times more likely to search the term "get the Covid vaccine.
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