This is a press release from the Rockefeller Foundation:
NEW YORK | August 23, 2022—The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) announced it will provide an initial USD 7.2 million in direct research funds to 12 teams working in 17 countries in order to better understand how health mis- and disinformation spreads, how to combat it, and how to build stronger information systems, while increasing Covid-19 vaccination rates.
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“With Covid-19 prevalent and rapidly evolving everywhere, there is a pressing need to identify interventions with the potential to increase vaccination take-up. Vaccines are only effective if they become vaccinations; vaccines are a scientific marvel but their potential is unfulfilled if they are left on the shelf,” said Anna Harvey, President of SSRC. “The large volume of high-quality proposals submitted to the Mercury Project underscores just how eager the social and behavioral science community is to evaluate interventions to increase vaccination demand and build healthier information environments.”
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Funded projects will provide evidence about what works–and doesn’t–in specific places and for specific groups to increase Covid-19 vaccination take-up, including what is feasible on the ground and has the potential to be cost-effective at scale. Each of the 12 teams will have access to findings from the other teams while exploring interventions including, but not limited to:
- Conducting literacy training for secondary school students in partnership with local authorities to help students identify Covid-19 vaccine misinformation;
- Equipping trusted messengers with communication strategies to increase Covid-19 vaccination demand;
- Using social networks to share tailored, community-developed messaging to increase Covid-19 vaccination demand.
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Basically, they are hiring social and behavioral scientists to boost COVID-19 vaccinations rate. This press release shows what they think: "people are so stupid and confused that we need a psychological operation to get them vaccinated."
17 countries are targeted by this project: Bolivia, Brazil, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Haiti, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, United States, and Zimbabwe. Majority of them belongs to Africa.
Let's visit Our World in Data and see how those countries are doing regarding COVID-19 deaths. Let's look at African countries first.
In comparison with one of the most vaccinated countries in the world, Israel, how are they doing? Why South Africa, the most vaccinated country in Africa, had been worse than other countries?
Senegal and Nigeria had ZERO COVID-19 death in recent 7 days. But behavioral science is needed to boost vaccination rate there? Why would you do that?
Let's see the rest of the countries.
Are they doing worse than Israel?
If there is a great product that works as advertised, people will notice. You don't need behavioral scientists to lure people. I'm pretty sure this project has nothing to do with your health. Rather, I think this is an example showing that something is seriously wrong with COVID-19 vaccine.