Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul behind Fox News, received the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, even as hosts on his network stoke fears about it and spread vaccine misinformation. Murdoch, 89, received the coronavirus vaccine in the United Kingdom, where people over 80 years of age are among those deemed priority recipients. Earlier this week, she posited on her show that people in North and South Dakota don’t need to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they’re nearing herd immunity status, a claim that is dangerous and untrue. “People want to get vaccinated, they want to get vaccinated, but in that case it wouldn’t be necessary,” she said of the Dakotas. The doctors she had on air to lend credence to her false claim have both been called out for spreading misinformation about the pandemic.

Source: Huffington Post December 18, 2020 21:10 UTC