Biology Worksheet assignment

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BIO 331 Individual Assignment 5 Instruc7ons SPR 2023

Impact of Social Media on Understanding Vaccines Ra7onale: Many people are informed about vaccines through social media. The learning outcome of this assignment is to systema:cally assess the validity and impact of social media posts about vaccines. Please follow the instruc:ons indicated below and submit your completed worksheet as a Word document or pdf using the submission link provided for Individual Assignment #5 SPR 2023. Submit by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023. Instruc7ons: a. Using the Ac7vity 1 Worksheet select one vaccine-related social media post from a person on list A and one from a person on list B. Indicate your selec:ons in the spaces provided in the worksheet.

LIST A LIST B Dr. Sanjay Gupta Dr. Joseph Mercola Dr. Tom Frieden Erin Elizabeth Dr. Leana Wen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Andy Slavitt Del Bigtree Helen Branswell Dr. Sherri Tenpenny Caitlin Rivers, PhD Christiane Northrup Atul Gawande Ty and Charlene Bollinger Dr. Peter Hotez Rizza Islam Laurie Garrett Dr. Ben Tapper

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b. Complete the worksheet by taking a screenshot of the post OR write down what the post says as well as the author, day and 7me it was published, and what plaNorm you found it on. For example, from list B, I used Google to search: "Dr. Joseph Mercola vaccine twiQer" to find a TwiQer post on vaccines by Dr. Joseph Mercola. I found the following: Published by Dr. Joseph Mercola, 12:26 PM · Feb 21, 2023, on TwiQer "October 20, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven:on’s Advisory CommiQee on Immuniza:on Prac:ces (ACIP) unanimously (15-0) voted to add unlicensed COVID-19 shots to the U.S. childhood, adolescent and adult vaccine schedules. February 9, 2023, the CDC accepted the panel’s recommenda:on and officially added a primary series of mRNA COVID “vaccine” to its rou:ne immuniza:on schedules for children and adults, plus a bivalent booster (see image below). While the addi:on of the COVID shots to the recommended vaccina:on schedule does not make the jabs mandatory for school aQendance, their inclusion allows states and local jurisdic:ons to make them so. Vaccines on the childhood vaccina:on schedule are typically covered under the Na:onal Vaccine Injury Compensa:on Program (NVICP), but the COVID shot isn’t. Instead, the jab will remain covered by the Countermeasures Injury Compensa:on Program (CICP), which is even more restric:ve and limited in terms of compensa:on than the NVICP. According to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the COVID jab was added to the childhood vaccina:on schedule because it was “the only way” to ensure under-insured children would have access to it. The real reason, however, is because it’s the only way for drug makers to be indemnified against financial liability for injuries and deaths. Go to Mercola DOT com to learn more." c. Use the Worksheet to record the informa7on from the post as directed in the worksheet and complete the post comparison table, engagement rate calcula7on, and post-assessment ques7ons. Note, in calcula:ng the total engagement number (TE) by adding all reac:ons, comments, and shares for the post. TE = R + C + S, where R = number of Likes, C= number of comments, and S = the number of :mes this post was shared.