Distortion dangers

Re: “Kids risk jab-induced illness,” (BP, Oct 6).

There is much concern these days about “fake news”, misinformation, and misleading narratives. The Bangkok Post purports to be “the newspaper you can trust”. As such, editors would be welladvised to review their practices to guard against the onslaught of distortions. The headline for the captioned article is a classic case in point.

The article itself clearly points out that Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) is extremely rare, having

been identified in only 0.02% of all cases of children infected with Covid-19 globally, and only a very small number in Thailand.

Yet, from the headline, readers could be misled into believing MIS-C to be a major risk. The headline would be far more accurate and serve the public immeasurably better if it had read, “Kids face very little risk from jab-induced illness”.

SAMANEA SAMAN