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medical misinformation

  • News
    How to combat medical falsehoods in the era of RFK Jr.
    David Martin Davies
    Anti-Vaccine and medical misinformation spreader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the health secretary. Vaccine researcher, Dr. Peter Hotez, joins us to explain why this is a concerning choice.
  • People gather Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, at the EPISD administration building in response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order prohibiting all government entities, including school districts, from implementing mask mandates.Episd School Board Masks 012
    Bioscience-Medicine
    Delta And Disinformation: The COVID Surge We Chose
    The emergence of the delta variant has presented a daunting challenge in the fight against the COVID virus, made worse by a pandemic of bad information. Much of that bad information is being spread intentionally by people who know it's false; it's disinformation. People across the country consume that disinformation and — believing it's true — pass it on. In this episode of Petrie Dish, we explore the medical misinformation and disinformation that are fueling anti-mask and anti-vaccine beliefs that are driving the delta surge.