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How to deal with fake Covid

information

ABC published a story about argument

arising between Chinese immigrants and their next

generation grown up here because update on Covid

and vaccine etc. fed to the older generation through

their social network of WeChat and online platforms

with fake news and misinformation cause conflict

with the other mainstream sources which their

children hang on to.

I have also heard about parents saying they

would go back Hong Kong for the Sinovac vaccine

rather than risking the Astrazeneca jab here. In the

Chinese social network there has been unfound

claims that mRNA-based vaccine could alter human

DNA. Such apprehension could adversely impact

on vaccine rollout in Australia hence could defer

freeing us from Covid bondage due to development

of vaccine hesitancy.

Obviously there is a generation gap of

viewpoint among the ethnic minorities. China

has been keen in influencing the life of Chinese

communities aboard with the aid of Chinese

social media to the extent of affecting the society

and security of Australia. If Chinese here do not

have faith in vaccine locally available but prefer

Chinese ones, would that be acceptable to the local

mainstream society? Indeed this also happens in

other ethnic communities. There are old Italian

Australians who are loyal listener of radio from Italy

refused to take on Astrazeneca due to knowing the

temporary suspension of the vaccine in Italy.

There are speculations that the purpose of

spreading such misinformation is to heighten the

failure of the Western world in combating the

pandemic, or maybe as a further blow to their

economy comeback by holding up wide-ranging

vaccination.This may not be proved but it is a

situation that Australians need to address.

The Australian government need to

counteract by better informing the ethnic minority

communities. An attempt to do it right back on

WeChat cannot be easy because the platform is

under tight surveillance/control by the Chinese

government with their massive propaganda team.

I think it is more effective for better education

and promotion be done through local community

platforms of the various ethnic minorities. Only

through this avenue the Australian government can

dispense uninterrupted and accurate Covid update

to the multicultural communities.

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