{"id":16441,"date":"2021-02-24T06:18:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=16441"},"modified":"2021-02-24T06:19:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:19:48","slug":"waging-the-vaccine-war-by-using-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/waging-the-vaccine-war-by-using-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Waging the \u2018vaccine war\u2019: attempts to prove the superiority of Sputnik V by using disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia’s vaccine “Sputnik V”, named “Sputnichok” by russian people \/ nhknews.ru photo.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Article prepared by Debunk EU senior analyst in Lithuania Laima Venclauskien\u0117 and first time published in Debunk EU web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Disinformation landscape in the beginning of 2021 was heavily influenced by the reports on the suspected side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, as well as Hungary becoming the first country in the EU to approve the Russian state-developed vaccine. False and misleading coverage regarding COVID-19 focused on the measures taken by global governments to curb the effects of the pandemic, with suggestions made by Kremlin related media that the West was facing \u2018the eternal lockdown\u2019. Ukraine was targeted consistently throughout the month, whilst the Baltics became objects of disinformation either separately or as a part of the alleged EU failures and\/or anti-Russian policies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Throughout the first month of 2021, Debunk EU analysts noticed a couple of cases when a news story was appropriated for disinformation cases. For example, on January 14th it was reported that 23 elderly patients died in Norway following their immunization with the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccine <\/strong>against COVID- 19. The Norwegian Medicines Agency has investigated 13 of the deaths and concluded that common adverse reactions may have contributed to fatal outcomes in some of the frail patients.<\/span><\/p>\n

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