How conspiracy theories bypass people’s rationality
Prior research has focused on the negative reasons people are drawn to conspiracies, but there’s another side to the story
Those who can’t hear must feel
It’s the Canadian way to put our heads in the sand, pretend it’s not happening, roll out the toxic positivity of denial, and be shocked when the chickens come home to roost.
COVID-19 and Rates of Cancer Diagnosis in the US
This cross-sectional study examines trends in expected vs observed rates of cancer diagnoses in the US during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Working paper disinformation
COVID disinformation and extremism are on the rise in New Zealand. What are the risks of it turning violent?
Nearly a year ago, New Zealand’s intelligence services warned of the ‘realistic possibility’ of future COVID-related violent extremism. How concerned should people be now?
Opinion: Disinformation campaigns are a public health risk – NZ has no effective strategy to deal with it
OPINION: Conspiracy theories are another major tool in the propaganda kit.
Flawed Analysis of New Zealand Data Doesn’t Show COVID-19 Vaccines Killed Millions - FactCheck.org
Data from around the world support the general safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Some people online, however, incorrectly claim that illegally obtained data from New Zealand show the vaccines have killed 13 million people worldwide. Experts say the analysis is bogus.
American vaccine disinformation used as ‘Trojan horse’ for far right in New Zealand
“When you reduce the quality of discourse down to street-fighting level,” it can raise the risk of violence, said a former consultant to U.S. intelligence services.
'Thirty-, 40- and 50-year-olds shouldn't be dying at this level': A day in a Victoria ICU
On any given day in B.C., the large majority of people in hospital intensive care units are unvaccinated. On Nov. 5, 59 of 64 COVID patients age 59 and younger in I…
Inside the rabbit hole of Covid conspiracists
What is it like to be pulled into a different world, where only you and a select few can see the truth?
Bruce Arthur: For Doug Ford’s government, the selfish freedom to decide not to be vaccinated trumps the consequences
The provincial government encourages you to get vaccinated. But are they going to force a choice on that? No, they are not. Are they going to try? Not much.
Medicine in the Media: Reliable Health Information v. Fake News - HealthyChildren.org
One challenge of parenting is sorting through all available information about children's health. Here are some tips for making sense of all of the messages.
COVID-19: Popular UBC professor busts myths about the virus and vaccines on social media
UBC vaccine expert Dr. Anna Blakney posts fun videos to music and answers questions about the virus and the vaccine from her more than 217,000 followers on TikTok.
Debunking COVID-19 myths: Vaccine expert Dr. Anna Blakney separates fact from fiction
Confronting the evolution and expansion of anti-vaccine activism in the USA in the COVID-19 era
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Howard Levitt: Why vaccination discrimination is perfectly legal and not a human rights violation
Most people believe human rights are broadly based and it's illegal to discriminate between categories of employees. Not true
Stop Coddling Covidiots. It’s Making Everything Worse.
They need consequences, not sympathy.
How Hospitals Became Vaults That Hid Evidence of Covid’s Toll
In the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic, only a small number of the more than 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. let journalists inside.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick Tells Joe Rogan the Risk of Adverse Reactions to the Covid Vaccine Are Relatively Low
Dr. Rhonda Patrick explains why the risk of vaccine side-effects is relatively low and warns about the dangers of vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Unvaccinated 60 times more likely to end up in ICU with COVID-19, Ontario data shows
Three charts released by the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table demonstrate the vast difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated people when it comes to COVID-19 risks.
A message to the vaccine hesitant: Time’s up
Vaccination mandates are a reasonable response to the spread of the variant
‘Rage’: Physicians speak out against threats over COVID-19 public health measures
Both the Canadian and Ontario medical associations believe that intentional bullying directed at physicians and health-care workers is a crime and should be actively prosecuted.
‘Sharp increase’ in online disinformation since delta outbreak began
There's more of it, it's becoming more extreme and it's spreading more widely.
My bile rises as im asked to move my dying cancer patient out of icu to make room for an unvaccinated man with covid
Answers from COVID experts: How do you talk to family members who aren’t vaccinated? How can the vaccines be safe if they were developed so quickly? Is natural immunity better than being vaccinated?
A panel of experts answer questions about vaccines, omicron and other COVID-related issues in a discussion with The Conversation.
Montana COVID Policy Brought a Hospital to the Brink
Montana’s GOP-led COVID response brought waves of patients to a Helena hospital, forcing health care workers to make difficult care decisions for COVID and non-COVID patients alike.
Medical experts v anti-vaxxers: the Covid-19 information battle
Scientists face potential struggle to convince people of vaccine safety as celebrities join misinformation chorus
How Many Variants And Deaths Are We Willing To Accept, Before We Protect The Whole World?
Millions of people worldwide are getting infected or re-infected with highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. And yet millions of people in low and middle-income nations are still lacking access to vaccines and tools. World leaders have failed to unite against the virus.
Did Pfizer make a 'scandalous' admission to the European Parliament about its COVID-19 vaccine?
Despite a claim that has gone viral, Pfizer never said that pre-market trials of its COVID-19 vaccine tested for its effect on transmission of the virus.