REMINDER

Your tv news are *NOT* a safe, verifiable, reliable source of #weather information.

If what you are seeing is RED FLASHING LIGHTS, DRAMATIC MUSIC and EMOTIONAL WEATHERMEN, you are being fed BULLSHIT and #desinformation.

Do NOT get your storm information from any other sources. Go to #NHC #NOAA.

The veritable flood of dezinfo, and the waves of #misinformaiton pushed by useful idiots are gonna end up being as deadly as the storm itself.

The #hurricane is bad enough, already. Do NOT compound it by getting your information from dubious outlets.

FACTUAL, real, verifiable information about Tropical Cyclone #Milton is FREELY AVAILABLE at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ in very friendly format.

We must not grow complacent and ignore the predictable anti-vaccine moves following any death. While the debunking seems repetitive, repetition makes vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to become opposed.

Claims don't have to be rooted in facts to influence. The best thing we can do is challenge false claims swiftly while showing dishonest influencers' tactics.

Please don't stay silent. We face a movement that is funded by profiteers and private interests concerned with one thing: money. We can show that.

Don't allow people to claim that honest public health workers are questionable because they have jobs. That's not a coherent argument, and further, it is anti-vaccine groups that are unethically profiting. It's time to shine a light on that.

Case in point: the "died suddenly" mockumentary had nearly a dozen promotional links beneath it during its "premiere." How many ethical researchers do you know that do that?

Do not stay silent when people claim money is why we speak the truth. Tie the messengers to the money flowing from a handful of people, and learn from what is happening in Ukraine.

We see Russia accusing Ukraine of what Russia is doing. So, too, do anti-vaccine profiteers accuse public health workers of what they do: profiting from parental concern.

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