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The belief that vaccines are dangerous and related anti-vax views
By Joel Achenbach and Laurie McGinley, Michael Reynolds EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Empty chairs — 20,000 in all — appeared on the Ellipse near the White House this month to memorialize the more than 200,000 people in the United States who have died of covid-19. In another era, what happened Wednesday …
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Something momentous happened late last week, a brief pinprick of clarity piercing through the haze: President Donald Trump finally showed Americans the truth about the coronavirus. Not with his words, of course. According to researchers at Cornell, Trump has been the single largest driver of …
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QAnon followers continue to grow in numbers. Getty Images QAnon, a conspiracy theory that started on anonymous message boards and holds that US President Donald Trump is fighting a battle against evil, has jumped from the online world to everyday life. Now the broad and baseless hoax is …
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CDC/ Unsplash “We will have a vaccine, we believe, before the end of this year, and it will have the capacity to save countless American lives,” Vice President Mike Pence declared at Wednesday night’s debate. This was just the latest suggestion from the Trump administration that we could have a …
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The CDC has told states to prepare to begin COVID-19 vaccination as early as November 1. To better understand EMS agency vaccination mandates and provider practices, and how these might impact COVID-19 vaccination amongst frontline personnel, we surveyed EMS providers, supervisors and chiefs. More …
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Air travelers wanting to fly in and out of London – and eventually all other cities – will soon have to show their Wuhan coronavirus (covid-19) digital passports, the initial trial runs of which are right now taking place at Heathrow Airport. Passengers traveling via United Airlines and Cathay …
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Friday, October 9, 2020 Billauer on Addressing Anti-Vaccine Speech Barbara Pfeffer Billauer has posted to SSRN Addressing the Demonstrable Effects of Anti-Vax FEAR (False, Endangering, and Reckless) Speech With Mandated Public-Health Education and Government Speech. The abstract provides: The …
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We will remember 2020 as many things. The year we spent alone. The year we spent online. The year so many died. The year of protests. The year of QAnon. The year of domestic terrorism. The year of the election. Most of all, perhaps, it is the year of not knowing. Is it safe to send my kids to …
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We will remember 2020 as many things. The year we spent alone. The year we spent online. The year so many died. The year of protests. The year of QAnon. The year of domestic terrorism. The year of the election. Most of all, perhaps, it is the year of not knowing. Is it safe to send my kids to …
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9 October 2020 QAnon has a lot to learn from Brazil, writes Leonardo Sakamoto. Credit: Isac Nóbrega/PR Brazil is fertile ground for QAnon to grow in. Conspiracy theories are widespread among a population with low media literacy and encouraged by a far-right government. However, the QAnon …
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