Don’t Buy a Mask or Vaccine ‘Exemption Card’ From Facebook

They’re bogus, for starters

Sarah Emerson
OneZero
Published in
4 min readMar 10, 2021

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Torn medical mask.
Photo: Mikhail Dmitriev/Getty Images

A scam involving the sale of bogus “exemption cards” for people who don’t want to wear masks or get the Covid-19 vaccine is still being blatantly promoted on Facebook and Twitter, despite promises from both companies to curb health misinformation.

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Sarah Emerson
OneZero

Staff writer at OneZero covering social platforms, internet communities, and the spread of misinformation online. Previously: VICE