*This is for my A&P I class. I was considering debunking the covid vaccine alter

*This is for my A&P I class. I was considering debunking the covid vaccine altering your DNA by discussing mRNA. Please feel free to debunk anything related to A&P I*
Critical Thinking: Debunking Fake News
Learning Goals
After completing this activity students should be able to:
Use the knowledge you have gained in Anatomy and Physiology to evaluate health information.
Use critical thinking to evaluate information on social media and on the internet in general.
Understand and recognize the tactics and logical fallacies commonly used to spread misinformation including but not limited to: Fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, cherry picking, and conspiracy theories.
Differentiate between credible and not-credible sources of information.
Find an example of misinformation on the internet and use written communication skills to evaluate and refute it.
Use credible sources to back up the claims in your refutation.
Assignment
Find an example of misinformation, disinformation, or fake news that applies to any subject we have studied in class. Use critical thinking to analyze the claims that are being made and refute them. Use credible peer-reviewed sources to back up your claims. Avoid referencing blogs and websites that are not peer reviewed. Instead, use a Google Scholar search to find reputable peer-reviewed information. This assignment should be an example of your best work.
Use the following format to structure your refutation: (Refer to the debunking handbook for more information.)
Introduction of issue-
Explain and describe the issue you will be addressing.
State the facts of the issue you will be addressing. The facts you state must be scientifically demonstrable, not a belief.
Use peer-reviewed sources as evidence to back up your claims.
Warn about the myth –
Explain that you are about to state a myth or falsehood.
Present the myth/misinformation that you will be refuting. You can include a screenshot or link to a website/blog.
Explain the importance of dispelling/debunking the myth in question.
State a quantitative fact or statistic to back-up your claims about the importance of debunking the myth.
Make sure to properly cite the source of your myth and statistics.
Explain the Fallacy-
Identify the logical fallacies and techniques used to mislead employed in your example of misinformation.
Explain how the fallacies/techniques lead to false assumptions.
Discuss the possible consequences of the assumptions.
Discussion-
Reinforce the facts using peer-reviewed resources.
Discuss your own perspective on the issue. Did your perspective change as a result of your research?
What perspectives might others have on this issue and why?
Literature Cited- Include complete APA style citations of all resources you cited in your writing.
General format and considerations-
Use APA name-year style parenthetical citations in the body of your writing. Whenever you state a fact that you got from a resource you should put the author’s last name, a comma, then the year of publication in parentheses at the end of the sentence.
Example: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Name, year).
Include a full citation in APA style in the literature cited section. I should be able to find your resource from the information in the full citation.
Some good sources for misinformation are Facebook posts, Tweets, and blogs.
Google Scholar (Links to an external site.) is a good source for reputable peer-reviewed articles.
Some ideas for misinformation topics for A&P 2: vaccines, birth control, cardiovascular health, kidney health, liver detox, etc.
Your assignment will be graded according to the criteria on the following rubric.
Rubric
Item
Introduction
Issue is described (5 pts)
Truth of issue is stated (10 pts)
Reputable references are included (5 pts)
Warning
Myth is presented and explained (5 pts)
Importance of debunking myth is discussed (5 pts)
Quantitative evidence is discussed (5 pts)
Reputable citations are included (5 pts)
Fallacies
Logical fallacies are correctly identified (5 pts)
Assumptions are discussed (5 pts)
Consequences are discussed (5 pts)
Reputable citations are included (5 pts)
Discussion
Facts are reinforced with reputable resources (5 pts)
Student individual perspective is discussed (5 pts)
Perspectives of others are considered (5 pts)
Reputable resources are cited (5 pts)
Literature cited
Reputable resources are cited (10 pts)
Proper APA format is used (5 pts)
All sources cited in the text are referenced (5 pts)
Some websites where you will be able to find misinformation: (Don’t be fooled by their “official” sounding names!)
Earth Clinic (Links to an external site.)
Natural Living Family (Links to an external site.)
Mercola.com (Links to an external site.)
Children’s health defense (Links to an external site.)
Informed Consent Action Network (Links to an external site.)
The Truth About Cancer (Links to an external site.)
National Vaccine Information Center (Links to an external site.)
Facebook.com 1986: The Act (Links to an external site.)
Medical Racism: The New Apartheid (Links to an external site.)
Note: Yes, medical racism is absolutely real. This site is perpetuating many of those myths.
Stopmandatoryvaccinations.com (Links to an external site.)
Medical Freedom Patriots (Links to an external site.)
NaturalNews.com (Links to an external site.)
Brighteon.com (Links to an external site.)
IAFDFW.org (Links to an external site.)
Greenmedinfo.com (Links to an external site.)
Many of these misinformation sites were compiled from the following report:
Pandemic Profiteers (Links to an external site.)
The document does concentrate on COVID and vaccine misinformation, but there are many different topics that can be found on the different blogs and websites listed above.