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COVID-19

What is with all the beach shaming?

May 20, 2024August 12, 2020 by Dave
beach shaming

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

Scientific paper claims 5G causes COVID-19

August 9, 2023August 5, 2020 by Dave
5G

Redacted “5G causes COVID-19” paper is is truly one of the best examples of bat shit crazy you will ever encounter.

Categories Bullshit, nutters, Skepticism Tags 5G, COVID-19, weird Leave a comment

How the Pandemic Defeated America

August 13, 2024August 4, 2020 by Dave
Pandemic

It didn’t have to be like this. 150,000+ people did not need to die. This pain and turmoil was preventable at a thousand different turns.

Categories Health, media, science Tags COVID-19, ed young, health, media, Pandemic, writing Leave a comment

Why was #DemonSperm trending on Twitter?

August 6, 2023July 29, 2020 by Dave
#DemonSperm

If you woke up and found #DemonSperm trending on twitter yesterday you might have been wondering what the story here was. Well, here it is.

Categories media, nutters, politics Tags #DemonSperm, COVID-19, hydroxychloriquine, trump Leave a comment

Survey: Nearly one in six Britons would refuse Covid-19 vaccine

May 21, 2022July 8, 2020 by Dave
vaccine

The anti-vaccine movement is already rejecting a COVID-19 vaccine that does not exist. Is attacking social media the best response for this?

Categories consumer, Health, media, Medicine, poll, Skepticism, society Tags CCDH, COVID-19, social media, vaccine Leave a comment
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