Editorial: Vaccines save lives. If your doctor recommends them, don’t hesitate

Of all the misinformation spread about COVID-19, the lies about vaccines have been especially disgusting.

According to some of the nonsense circulated on social media, the lifesaving jabs cause infertility, autism and even death — all part of a diabolical plot to reduce the world’s population by billions of people.

Another phony story said these lifesaving products supposedly contain substances that a government could use to conduct surveillance. And the companies behind the vaccines were accused of foot-dragging during the