Practical recommendations to communicate with patients about health‐related conspiracy theories

April 17, 2022 antivax, chloroquine, covid19

Archived 5 years ago from The Medical Journal of Australia
Practical recommendations to communicate with patients about health‐related conspiracy theories

Addressing patients’ beliefs in health conspiracy theories requires an understanding of underlying motivations Research has shown that people who endorsed COVID‐19 conspiracy theories (eg, that the virus was a hoax) were more likely to believe that hydroxychloroquine was an effective treatment.4 …

Conspiracy

April 16, 2022 china, deep state, great reset, jfk assassination, qanon, ufos

Archived 5 years ago from Pique Newsmagazine
Why are conspiracy theories getting more popular?

You’d think living in a super-connected world where people have all the world’s knowledge at their fingertips would make it impossible for conspiracy theories to take hold, and yet here we are—“freedom” protesters carrying signs in Vancouver proclaiming that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a …

Journalists despair over toll of disinformation on jobs

Conspiracy

April 14, 2022 2020 election, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Seattle Times
Journalists despair over toll of disinformation on jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists are sounding an alarm about the spread of disinformation in society and how it affects their jobs on a daily basis, along with skepticism on whether traditional methods to combat it really work. The free speech advocates PEN America found in a survey of journalists …

Conspiracy

April 14, 2022 china, covid19, fauci, ukraine

Archived 5 years ago from The Burning Platform
No, it’s not OK when China does it

Via Off-Guardian According to the worst kind of special pleading we have seen in the alternate media recently it’s actually ok to lock up your citizenry 24/7 to the point of mental and physical torture if you really REALLY think there’s an uber-scary virus out there. Well, it is in China anyway. …

Conspiracy

April 13, 2022 cia, deep state, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Guardian
‘The lunacy is getting more intense’: how Birds Aren’t Real took on the conspiracy theorists

In early 2017, Peter McIndoe, now 23, was studying psychology at the University of Arkansas, and visiting friends in Memphis, Tennessee. He tells me this over Zoom from the US west coast, and has the most arresting face – wide-eyed, curious and intense, like the lead singer of an indie band, or a …

Conspiracy

April 13, 2022 covid19, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from USA TODAY
Fact check: Baseless NESARA conspiracy theory resurfaces online

The claim: NESARA has been implemented As misinformation continues to affect American politics, an older conspiracy theory has started to recirculate online. “How many of you are NOT filing a tax return since NESARA was been instituted as of last week?” reads an April 4 Facebook post. NESARA stands …

Fact check: No, Congress has not passed NESARA

Conspiracy

April 13, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago from USA TODAY
Fact check: No, Congress has not passed NESARA

Bird Flu: Another phony “pandemic”…this time for chickens

Conspiracy

April 11, 2022 cdc, covid19, great reset

Archived 5 years ago from OffGuardian
Bird Flu: Another phony “pandemic”…this time for chickens

Kit Knightly The bird flu outbreak is not real. That should be everyone’s starting point – with everything, really – assume the media is lying and wait for them to prove they’re not. Always doubt the press. Always. Especially when the fates seem to converge and every single item in the “news” herds …

Fact check: False claim that US Special Forces arrested Dr. Anthony Fauci

Conspiracy

April 10, 2022 covid19, fauci, qanon, russia, ukraine

Archived 4 years ago from USA TODAY
Fact check: False claim that US Special Forces arrested Dr. Anthony Fauci

The claim: US Special Forces arrested Dr. Anthony Fauci Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the face of America’s COVID-19 response throughout the pandemic, but an array of social media users recently claimed he is now behind bars. The narrative originated April 10 with a story from Real Raw News, which …

Disinformation demands a collective defense

Conspiracy

April 9, 2022 qanon

Archived 5 years ago from TechCrunch
Disinformation demands a collective defense

Lisa Kaplan Contributor Lisa Kaplan is the founder and CEO of Alethea Group, a technology company that detects and mitigates instances of disinformation, misinformation and social media manipulation on behalf of private and public sector entities. Kaplan was recently recognized as Forbes 30 Under …

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