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Twenty years ago, data scientist Sinan Aral began to see the formation of a trend that now defines our social media era: how quickly untrue information spreads. He watched as false news ignited online discourse like a small spark that kindles into a massive blaze. Now the director of the MIT …
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By James D. Agresti Overview Roughly two-thirds of U.S. residents don’t believe the CDC’s official tally for the number of Covid-19 deaths. This distrust, however, flows in opposing directions. A nationally representative survey conducted by Axios/Ipsos in late July 2020 found that 37% of adults …
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A British study published in Psychological Medicine suggests that the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 may be more widespread than expected. Furthermore, this lack of trust in public health information could be impeding the country’s efforts to slow the spread of the virus. When …
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The coronavirus pandemic moved to the centre of the US election again on Friday, as a former senior official on the White House taskforce turned on Donald Trump. Trump was alleged by Olivia Troye, a former Mike Pence adviser, to have called his own supporters “disgusting people” with whom he no …
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Aussie legend Gary Ablett Sr has raised eyebrows after posting a lengthy, bizarre conspiracy theory rant on YouTube, declaring the coronavirus was “deliberately designed”. The 58-year-old – who is the father of fellow AFL great Gary Ablett Jr – also declared that the rapture was “imminent” and the …
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Image caption Sir Van claims scientists are “making up crooked facts” to justify measures that “enslave” the population Northern Ireland’s health minister has described three new songs by Sir Van Morrison that protest against coronavirus lockdowns as “dangerous”. In the lyrics, Sir Van claims …
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A research paper claiming to prove that the coronavirus was cooked up in a laboratory has been widely dismissed by mainstream scientists. Dr Li-Meng Yan and her team of researchers published a 26-page document laying out how Covid-19 could have been developed artificially in Chinese labs. Li-Meng …
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Scientists, however, are human too. Today, it’s easy to see gaps in the scientific evidence of 1976, such as the belief that the virus mirrored the 1918 outbreak or that a pandemic was due. But the scientists of the time could not, so faced with uncertainty, they made conclusions influenced by …
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Ipsos poll found 27% of people globally would not want a COVID vaccine. Opposition to vaccines is a broad spectrum, from nervous parents to extreme conspiracy theorists. Vaccine experts Paul Offit and Heidi Larson feature on World Vs Virus podcast. Subscribe to the World Vs Virus on Apple, …
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Kathrin’s friends have been sending her a range of wild theories – many of them linking 5G technology to the novel coronavirus. As the messages kept rolling in, Kathrin has become frightened for her family, and about the disturbing parallels to her childhood in …
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