Vaccinations

Pandemic science communication: learning lessons from the life vest uprising

The effectiveness of any public health intervention - whether it's vaccines, masks, or life vests - depends on it being understood by the public.

The 10-step guide to sense-checking conspiracy theory claims (take note, Toby Young)

With so much misinformation around (including on websites who think they're being sceptical), it's important to sense-check claims you find online

Virulent: The Vaccine War – a close-up look at the American antivax movement

"Virulent: The Vaccine War", screening online this weekend, is a well-executed portrait of the American anti-vaxx movement as it's developed over time

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

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

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

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.

The ‘Experimental Invisibles’: tracking the roots of the anti-vaxx movement in Brazil

As the anti-vaxx movement grew in Brazil, the team from investigative podcast Ciência Suja follows the key figures involved in spreading vaccine misinformation

The Better Way anti-vaxx conference hit on every single medical conspiracy theory… except one

The Better Way conference wasn't shy to throw in as many medical conspiracy theories as it could find - which is why it was surprising that nobody mentioned the moral panic around trans people

Trinidadian ‘Doctor’ Michael McDowell Claims COVID-19 is a Manufactured Bioweapon

Dr Michael McDowell's eye-catching claims about COVID-19 went viral in Trinidad and China - even though he is a doctor of 'divinity', not medicine
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