LOS ANGELES— The LA County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to crack down on “misinformation” and “disinformation” regarding the county’s COVID-19 protocols and vaccines in a 4–1 vote on March 1. The motion will direct county departments to create a “communication toolkit” which includes a series of countermeasures to tackle “misinformation” spread both online and countywide. “The 2020 Presidential Election and the fabrication about the stolen election that followed, as well as additional information during the pandemic, and given us two really frightening and vivid illustrations about the danger and demonstrably false information actually made our pandemic more deadly,” Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said at a March 1 board meeting. To identify “misinformation,” the county will partner with “trusted sources” of information, such as “libraries, hospitals, schools, parks and ethnic/mainstream media news,” according to the motion. Once identified, the county will “take countermeasures” against such “misinformation” by educating the public through …