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No thanks on the Jeremy Faustian crystal ball, I’ll wait for relevant science results on Paxlovid.

2024-06-10

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Image is a graph the header reads Awareness and belief in health misinformation Misinformation is pervasive, but trust in health misinformation is less so. Percent who have heard or read false claim (only 5 of 10 claims shown) Percent who say false claim is definitely or probably true. Over 60% heard this false claim, and over 30% believe this false claim is true that The COVID-19 vaccines have caused thousands of sudden deaths. Over 60% heard this false claim, and nearly 25% believe this false claim is true that The MMR vaccines have been proved to cause autism in children. Over 50% heard this false claim, and over 25% believe this false claim is true that The COVID-19 vaccines have been proved to cause infertility Almost 50% heard this false claim, and over 30% believe this false claim is true that Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19. Over 40% heard this false claim, and 20% believe this false claim is true that More people have died of COVID-19 vaccines than of COVID-19 virus.

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Healthcare misinformation is a big problem, but we’re probably not going to solve this on social media alone.

2024-05-28

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The Princess Bride Inigo Montoya You keep using that word meme, the picture of Inigo Montoya giving Vizzini a confused look, the caption says you keep using that word “immunity” I do not think that word means what you think it means in the context of medical science.

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WaPo reporter’s citation used fraudulent appeal to authority to make anti-vax “natural herd immunity” claim.

2024-02-26

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