 Flaherty also informed Facebook that he was reporting on the COVID-19 misinformation problem to the president. I'm telling my boss about this, who happens to be the president of the United States. After a second call, a high-ranking Facebook executive perceived that Slavitt was outraged. Not too strong a word to describe his reaction, that the platform had not removed a fast-spreading meme suggesting that the vaccines might cause harm. They do, and they did. Not for everybody, but for some people. It's a fact.