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Anxiety about COVID-19 makes people more willing to "try anything" that might give them a sense of control of the situation, making them easy targets for scams. Many false claims about measures against COVID-19 have circulated widely on social media, but some have been circulated by text, on YouTube, and even in some mainstream media. Officials ...
The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance ( FLCCC) is a group of physicians and former journalists formed in April 2020 that has advocated for various unapproved, dubious, and ineffective treatments (e.g. hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and other miscellaneous combinations of drugs and vitamins) for COVID-19.
v. t. e. Big Pharma conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories that claim that pharmaceutical companies as a whole, especially in terms of big corporations, act in dangerously secretive and sinister ways that harm patients. This includes concealing effective treatments, perhaps even to the point of intentionally causing and/or worsening a wide ...
John Lorimer Campbell is an English YouTuber and retired nurse educator known for his videos about the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, the videos received praise, but they later diverged into COVID-19 misinformation. [2] [3] He has been criticised for suggesting COVID-19 deaths have been over-counted, [4] repeating false claims about the use of ...
After years of intense debate over mask mandates, the argument has now flipped entirely to become about whether certain face coverings should be banned. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said last week ...
Misinformation on the subject of COVID-19 has been used by politicians, interest groups, and state actors in many countries for political purposes: to avoid responsibility, scapegoat other countries, and avoid criticism of their earlier decisions. Sometimes there is a financial motive as well.
Kayleigh McEnany, September 9, 2020 "I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don't want to create a panic." —Trump, recorded privately on March 19, 2020 (Bob Woodward released recording in Sept.) On March 6, Trump over-promised on the availability of COVID-19 testing in the United States, claiming that "anybody that wants a test can get a test." Firstly, there ...
We published an excerpt yesterday—which appropriately focuses on AI’s potential for surreptitiously influencing people—and you can also read Jeremy’s own rundown of the book’s key themes ...