As the Covid-19 Pandemic Continues, Facebook Bans Ads Discouraging Vaccination

The platform is also promoting information on how to get a flu shot

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Facebook will no longer accept ads that discourage people from getting vaccines, the company said in a statement Tuesday. It’s part of a larger push toward reliable information about vaccines amid the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Kang-Xing Jin, Facebook’s head of health, and Rob Leathern, the company’s director of product management, said that while a Covid-19 vaccine isn’t expected for some time, public health officials think it is “especially important” to get this flu vaccine this year “to minimize the risk of concurrent flu and COVID-19.”

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