Anti-vaxxers are reportedly flooding social media with lies about the upcoming coronavirus vaccine.
According to CNN, some of the untruths include that it contains monkey brains and that it’s a CIA plot to take over the world.
The U.S. government’s multi-billion-dollar vaccine effort has yet to come up with a plan to counteract the propaganda.
"We haven’t done a good job of getting [coronavirus vaccine] information out there." Dr. Francis Collins
Director of the National Institutes of Health
Private groups, such as Vaccinate Your Family and Voices for Vaccines, have begun vaccine advocacy work.
Researchers and officials are hopeful a COVID-19 vaccine will be available by the beginning of 2021.