The AP and Breaking911 had the exact same headline about FDA restricting J&J vaccine ... guess which one Twitter flagged as 'misleading'

Sarah D | 11:22 AM on May 06, 2022

In case you missed it, yesterday, the FDA put strict limits on who can get Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine.

U.S. regulators strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots.

The FDA said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or specifically request J&J’s. https://t.co/oloc05y0IY

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 5, 2022

More from the AP:

FDA’s vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said the agency decided to restrict the vaccine after taking another look at the data on the risks of life-threatening blood clots and concluding that they are limited to J&J’s vaccine.

“If there’s an alternative that appears to be equally effective in preventing severe outcomes from COVID-19, we’d rather see people opting for that,” Marks said. “But we’ve been careful to say that– compared to no vaccine– this is still a better option.”

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Under the new FDA instructions, J&J’s vaccine could still be given to people who had a severe allergic reaction to one of the other vaccines and can’t receive an additional dose. J&J’s shot could also be an option for people who refuse to receive the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, and therefore would otherwise remain unvaccinated, the agency said.

This is a pretty big deal, so it’s understandable that an account like @Breaking911 would cover it as well. And they did.

But their coverage was a little different from the AP’s. See if you can spot it.

Here’s the AP’s headline:

And here’s Breaking911’s headline:

See the difference yet? No? Well, clearly you’re not as discerning as Twitter, who saw a huge difference:

Strange how the AP’s tweet (same exact headline) isn’t flagged as ‘misleading’@elonmusk pic.twitter.com/4esXkpbc90

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 5, 2022