December 2, 2021
At first glance, it looked just like an official New York City public service announcement that listed the top 10 reasons people should get vaccinated against Covid-19.
But a closer reading revealed that the poster, seen at a B43 bus stop in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, displayed 10 reasons not to get vaccinated. Reason No. 1: “It could kill you.”
The false and blatantly misleading anti-vaccination ad caused an uproar on social media on Thursday at a time when city health officials are pushing hard to boost the vaccination rate as a new threat from the Omicron variant looms. About 69 percent of city residents of all ages have been fully vaccinated.
The poster imitated an official vaccination ad released by the city — it used the same font, layout and even the same shade of robin’s egg blue — but conveyed the opposite message.
Read more at The New York Times.