President BidenJoe BidenJ.D. Scholten: Democratic Party is 'getting blown out of the water' by not connecting to voters Children under 12 could be abl

Biden: Social media platforms 'killing people'

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2021-07-16 21:00:12

President BidenJoe BidenJ.D. Scholten: Democratic Party is 'getting blown out of the water' by not connecting to voters Children under 12 could be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by winter: report Georgia secretary of state calls for Fulton County elections officials to be fired MORE on Friday said that social media companies that allow coronavirus misinformation to spread on their platforms are “killing people,” escalating a fight with Facebook and other companies as the White House warns about the spread of inaccurate information about COVID-19 vaccines.

Biden was asked by reporters at the White House on Friday afternoon what his message is to social media platforms on coronavirus misinformation.

“They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people,” Biden said.

Surgeon General Vivek MurthyVivek MurthyChildren under 12 could be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by winter: report Surgeon general says social media companies have 'enabled misinformation' on vaccines Overnight Health Care: Surgeon general issues health misinformation advisory | WHO chief: 'Premature' to rule out COVID-19 lab leak theory MORE issued an advisory Thursday labeling health misinformation an “urgent threat” amid the Biden administration’s push to get more people vaccinated. Murthy said that misinformation is among a range of reasons why some Americans are not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 despite vaccinations being widely available.