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Conspiracy Theories

Andrew Bridgen: How a Conservative MP got red-pilled on Covid vaccine misinformation

Michael Marshall - 23rd January 2023

After months of sharing COVID-19 vaccine scaremongering and misinformation, Andrew Bridgen MP was finally suspended from the Conservative party

Covid-19

Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil’s superspreader of disinformation during the pandemic

Cesar Baima - 20th January 2023

During the height of the pandemic, Brazil's then-president Jair Bolsonaro was a prolific promoter of pseudoscience - as a new study documents

Alternative Medicine

The new-age guru who claims cancer can be cured by drawing magic shapes in the air

Michael Marshall - 13th January 2023

According to spiritual guru and bestselling author Dr Zhi Gang Sha, Tao Calligraphy can radically better your life, improve your finances... and cure your cancer

Covid-19

Turning a Blind Eye to Better Evidence: Dr Aseem Malhotra’s viral COVID-19 scaremongering

Danny Bradley - 19th December 2022

Citing poor data from a dubious journal, Dr Aseem Malhotra proves that vaccine scaremongering is dependent on stoking gut-level hunches, and ignoring better quality research.

Placebo Effect

More wishful thinking than medical reality: “Placebos” by Kathryn T. Hall

Dave Hahn - 9th December 2022

The 'powerful placebo' is a seductive myth that Kathryn T. Hall's "Placebos" can't resist, even though her grand claims clearly misinterpret what the best available evidence says

Conspiracy Theories

Turn off The Light: taking community action against misinformation and hate speech

Mark Horne - 28th November 2022

When the free, conspiracy-laden antivax newspaper The Light began to circulate around Stroud, Gloucestershire, one group of concerned locals decided enough was enough

Veterinary Medicine