{"id":1764722,"date":"2022-12-06T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764722"},"modified":"2022-12-06T12:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:19:32","slug":"hhs-gives-1m-to-researchers-to-predict-vaccine-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-gives-1m-to-researchers-to-predict-vaccine-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Gives $1M to Researchers to Predict Vaccine Misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhhs-gives-1m-to-researchers-to-predict-vaccine-misinformation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-03.01-thepoliticalinsider-638f595d14abf.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em>By Adam Andrzejewski for RealClearPolicy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is giving $1 million to researchers who can predict what misinformation about vaccines might be spread on social media and how it can impact people\u2019s trust in vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The grant opportunity, \u201cDeveloping a Public Health Tool to Predict the Virality of Vaccine Misinformation Narratives,\u201d will go to a single applicant to predict how \u201cvaccine misinformation\u201d can affect people\u2019s trust in vaccines,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-spending-1m-research-misinformation-affects-confidence-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/covid-fanatics-melt-down-over-twitter-removing-censorship-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID Fanatics Melt Down Over Twitter Removing Censorship Rules<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.developmentaid.org\/grants\/view\/1007953\/developing-a-public-health-tool-to-predict-the-virality-of-vaccine-misinformation-narratives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grant<\/a>\u00a0is \u201cto develop a predictive forecasting model that identifies new or reemerging misinformation narratives that are likely to disseminate widely and have a high potential for impact on vaccine confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further explained in Fox News, \u201cThe information from this model will then be used to develop a tool that public health agencies could use to predict misinformation trends in the populations served.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy, R.-Texas, pushed back, telling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-spending-1m-research-misinformation-affects-confidence-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019s dangerous for a health agency to focus its resources on combating misinformation. The CDC has no business trying to predict future \u2018thought crimes\u2019 nor, as they\u2019ve done in the past, leverage their power to collude with big tech companies against the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/white-house-defends-chinese-covid-protesters-after-attacking-americans-canadians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Defends Chinese COVID Protesters After Attacking Americans, Canadians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>The CDC has a history of trying to combat what it deemed \u201cmisinformation,\u201d including coordinating with Facebook, Twitter, and Google to counter online content it deemed to be misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>This also comes after the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Disinformation Governance Board\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/05\/18\/disinformation-board-dhs-nina-jankowicz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended in May after just three weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The board \u201cwas doomed from the moment it was named,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jillgoldenziel\/2022\/05\/18\/the-disinformation-governance-board-is-dead-heres-the-right-way-to-fight-disinformation\/?sh=ee43f7a0bed0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Forbes columnist Jill Goldenziel<\/a>, a professor the U.S. National Defense University-College of Information and Cyberspace and a consultant on business threat, security, law and leadership. \u201cThe name itself suggests illegal government activity that the American people would never tolerate, regardless of their partisan affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/monkeypox-gets-canceled-who-says-name-is-racist-changes-it-to-mpox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monkeypox Gets Canceled: WHO Says Name is Racist, Changes It to \u2018Mpox\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis latest revelation proves the CDC is rolling full steam ahead with their censorship campaign against citizens who speak up,\u201d Roy said to Fox News. \u201cThis new scheme to use taxpayer money \u2013 intended to further scientific inquiry \u2013 to instead stifle researchers and anyone who dares dissent from the Biden administration\u2019s ever-changing COVID narrative is unsurprising and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear how the model will determine what constitutes \u201cmisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The #WasteOfTheDay is brought to you by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">The opinions expressed by contributors and\/or content partners are their own and do not 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