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The belief that fluoridated water is dangerous
Editor’s Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project and the author of “Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics.” She co-hosts the history podcasts “Past Present” and “This …
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News archive COVID conspiracies PM 23/04/20 “There are those with an interest in wild and wacky conspiracy theories. They include utterly unsupported claims that the virus is a result of 5G exposure, a mass depopulation project or a ploy to vaccinate people with a tracking microchip; there are many …
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Aug 23, 2021 28 Min read time Conspiracy theories like QAnon are ultimately a social problem rather than a cognitive one. We should blame politics, not the faulty reasoning of individuals. QAnon proponent Jacob Chansley speaks to a crowd of Trump supporters on November 5, 2020. Image: AP …
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Tap water fluoridation has been called one of the most successful public health interventions of all time by the CDC. It has all of the hallmarks of a good public health intervention; it’s cheap way to prevent tooth decay, it can benefit everyone regardless of access to healthcare, and best of all …
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In the age of Covid-19, conspiracy theories are all around us. Some say the virus was created by the military, others blame symptoms on 5G technology and some even say the virus doesn’t exist at all. But conspiracy theories are not new. ‘They’ve always been a way of thinking that people turn to in …
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mocking conspiracy theories (and there are a lot of them around at the moment) is tempting, but it doesn’t work. To change minds you must challenge. Consider these six prevalent conspiracy theories: old and new … 1. The Illuminati are the secret rulers of the world: The belief that the world is …
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Conspiracy theory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy The Eye of Providence, or the all-seeing eye of God, seen here on the US$1 bill, has been taken by some to be evidence of a conspiracy involving the founders of the United States …
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On Inauguration Day 2009, I was working as a policy and communications adviser for then-state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. As Barack Obama’s swearing-in approached, the fax never stopped. No sooner had it finished printing than the machine rang again. Who was frantically faxing us that day? …
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Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. AUDIE CORNISH, BYLINE: We’ve talked a lot on this program about the dangers of conspiracy theories and political resistance to the public health guidance on COVID-19. DAVID ROSNER: This goes back to our very founding. CORNISH: David Rosner …
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Debunking celebrity chef Pete Evans’ dubious health advice over the past eight years has become a game of whack a mole for Australia’s peak medical bodies. But despite his mainstream career largely ending after a Nazi meme saw him dumped by Channel 10, publishers and retailers, support for Evans is …
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