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Smallpox Propaganda
Background Information
What happened: Liberals opposed to Donald Trump’s choice of anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services are falsely claiming that smallpox was never eradicated and that it is being held in check by vaccines.
A closer look: The false claim appears to have emerged from a since-deleted Nov. 14 X post by a woman named Karen Piper, whose X profile describes her as “Just another girl with a PhD.”
Piper posted a photo of a child whose face was apparently covered with smallpox, alongside the text: “Say hello to smallpox. It was never eradicated; it’s held in check by vaccines, which RFK Jr. says he will eliminate coverage for, making vaccines ‘optional.’” The post generated at least 429,000 views and 11,500 likes before it was deleted. (Piper issued a correction to her post on Nov. 15, stating, “Correction: It was eradicated BY VACCINES. It’s really an amazing story about the wonders of vaccines.”)
Nevertheless, the narrative was soon advanced in a post by the liberal Facebook page Occupy Democrats, which used the same text and photo as Piper’s original post, along with a photo of Kennedy.
A closer look: The false claim appears to have emerged from a since-deleted Nov. 14 X post by a woman named Karen Piper, whose X profile describes her as “Just another girl with a PhD.”
Piper posted a photo of a child whose face was apparently covered with smallpox, alongside the text: “Say hello to smallpox. It was never eradicated; it’s held in check by vaccines, which RFK Jr. says he will eliminate coverage for, making vaccines ‘optional.’” The post generated at least 429,000 views and 11,500 likes before it was deleted. (Piper issued a correction to her post on Nov. 15, stating, “Correction: It was eradicated BY VACCINES. It’s really an amazing story about the wonders of vaccines.”)
Nevertheless, the narrative was soon advanced in a post by the liberal Facebook page Occupy Democrats, which used the same text and photo as Piper’s original post, along with a photo of Kennedy.
Technique Used
Activate Emotion
This is propaganda because
It is using fear to persuade people and this also demonizes RFK.
Source
News Guard
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