This article draws on a broadcast popular among the anti-vaccine community to map out six themes used by the broadcast to mislead viewers about COVID-19. The themes are the claim that “they” – government and pharma – are lying to you, claims that COVID-19 is an excuse to remove civil liberties, viewing everyone as an expert, claiming that science cannot save us, skewing the science, and a claim that “they” are out to harm the viewers. The article points out that similar themes are used to mislead followers with anti-vaccine information. It highlights the concern that these themes will not only mislead people who are already anti-vaccine about the pandemic, but may draw in people who are not anti-vaccine but are seeking information about COVID-19, and suggests some options for dealing with the misinformation. Scientists benefit from understanding these claims, as we are often tasked with providing rebuttals to this misinformation.

本文利用了在反疫苗界中流行的广播节目，勾勒出该广播节目用来误导观众有关COVID-19的六个主题。主题是声称“他们”（政府和制药公司）在向您撒谎，声称COVID-19是消除公民自由的借口，认为每个人都是专家，声称科学无法拯救我们，歪曲科学，以及声称“他们”是在伤害观众。该文章指出，类似的主题被用来误导具有反疫苗信息的追随者。它着重指出了这些主题不仅会误导已经对大流行疫苗进行了反疫苗接种的人们，而且可能吸引那些不是反疫苗但正在寻求有关COVID-19信息的人们的担忧，并提出了一些应对方案。误传。