The rollout of the COVID vaccine was a globally coordinated effort that

saved millions of lives, but it also generated so much misinformation that the

World Health Organization coined the phrase

infodemic to describe it. The messages varied hugely from it being

untested to it being part of a racist plot.

It's easy from the outside to say,

well why don't these black people want to get the vaccine?

Once you get that information and you understand why somebody would choose sometimes death over trusting a system that has failed them.

But for some communities, believing the rumors was easier than trusting the officials because of historical racism.

I'm Abita Sharma and this is the documentary Who's Truth, a series where we meet Nobel Prize

lawyers whose work is being shaken and undermined by fake news and conspiracy theories,

and the new generation taking up the challenge to question it and coming up with some answers. You know I try to understand what is behind it.

People who had no knowledge and no experience they are so confident that they know the answer.

In this episode how misinformation around the COVID vaccine created fear and mistrust in a vaccination

program to bring the world out of lockdown.

How do young people navigate this tidal wave of miss and disinformation and what tools are

they using and what can scientists learn from them?

I should go to prison, I should go to prison, I should be hanged,

I committed crime against humanity and they were, you know, vicious.

Katalin Kariko was behind one of the vaccines that helped bring the world out of lockdown.

She was awarded a Nobel Prize for it,

but no sooner was the vaccine rolled out

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