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What is with all the beach shaming?

May 20, 2024August 12, 2020 by Dave
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The latest bit of COVID-19 misinformation appears to be the media indulging in what is best described as beach shaming. It’s not high risk.

Categories Fake News, Medicine, society Tags beach shaming, COVID-19, fake news, misinformation Leave a comment

Survey: Religious exemptions for COVID-19 regulations

April 5, 2022August 10, 2020 by Dave
Religious exceptions

A recent Pew survey reveals that the vast majority oppose religious exemptions to COVID-19 regulations that are there to protect us all.

Categories Medicine, poll, religion, society Tags COVID-19, pew, religious Exemptions Leave a comment

Racism among white Christians is higher than among the nonreligious

August 3, 2020 by Dave
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The light-skinned Jesus conjured up by white congregations still demands the preservation of inequality as part of the supposed divine order.

Categories People, politics, society Tags evangelicals, racism, study Leave a comment

Why do facts not matter for some people?

July 30, 2020 by Dave
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Some people are immune to facts and embrace alternative facts. Why is it like this, and what strategies can we adopt to meaningfully engage?

Categories Climate Change, psychology, society Tags communication, Confirmation bias, facts, identity Leave a comment

Fake News Update: Twitter Bans 7,000 QAnon accounts

August 13, 2024July 23, 2020 by Dave
QAnon

Twitter has taken the bold step of removing thousands of QAnon accounts. What is the backstory here, why have they done this?

Categories Fake News, media, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society, twitter Tags ban, QAnon, twitter Leave a comment

Hostility to Face Masks – Lessons From 1918

December 23, 2023July 15, 2020 by Dave
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During the 1918 flu crises face masks were deployed and then resisted by some who refused to comply. What lessons can we learn from that?

Categories consumer, Crisis, Health, Medicine, society Tags 1918, face masks, masks Leave a comment
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