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The conversation around Covid-19’s origins has shifted markedly in recent weeks. Suddenly, the idea that the virus could have come from an accidental lab leak, once dismissed as a “conspiracy theory”, is considered a possibility — even a likelihood, by
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The Biden administration has renewed US calls for a fuller investigation into the origins of Covid-19 after a report last weekend bolstered the theory that the disease was released accidentally from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Andy
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It took Leila Hay, a softly-spoken university student from northern England, less than 24 hours to become sucked into the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory during a lonely first coronavirus lockdown. Drawn to its Manichaean elements, she quickly found herself spending
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Twitter and Facebook have ignored calls to ban Robert F Kennedy Jr from their platforms despite concerns over his latest documentary which critics say appears aimed at discouraging black Americans from getting vaccinated against Covid-19. Disinformation experts want the social
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Abe Shindler always came early. And so I’m not surprised he is first to arrive for dinner — at 4.30pm. As I ease him out of his heavy overcoat and collect his hat, he withdraws a piece of candy from
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As a science writer, one learns quickly to be wary of conspiracy theorists. I was recently reminded why when a well-known conspiracy theorist branded me, Public Health England, a BBC journalist and various others as enemies of the people. In
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Voting technology company Smartmatic, accused by Trump supporters of having helped rig last year’s US election, is suing Fox News, several of its high-profile anchors and two of the former president’s lawyers for defamation. The lawsuit filed in New York
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When I listen to scientists talk about where we might be a year from now, two main scenarios emerge. The first one is good: Covid-19 keeps circulating but loses its sting. Most people in rich countries, and the most vulnerable
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Mitch McConnell has lashed out at the “loony lies and conspiracy theories” promoted by Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, an ardent supporter of former president Donald Trump, as a “cancer” on the party. The comments from the top Republican in
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A month after the UK government decided to extend the gap between first and second jabs of the Covid-19 vaccines from three to 12 weeks to ensure maximum inoculation as soon as possible, Britain’s “first doses first” policy remains an
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