A Sense of Doubt blog post #2346 - Vaccinate Against Misinformation - Public Health Crisis!
There's more than one public health crisis, and too many people are taking neither of them seriously enough.
Since early 2020 (let's say February because that's when the schools where I work closed), we have been embroiled in a pandemic due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus Sars-Cov-2, and by "we," I mean EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.
The other public health crisis has a longer history, which is not the entire history of FOX NEWS but at least the last five or six years: MISINFORMATION.
FOX NEWS (which is neither foxy nor actual "news" as I understand the term to mean factual and accurate reporting of current events) bombards its viewers (of which there are far too many) with a constant stream of misinformation, opinion and accusation disguised as fact, and a disregard for truth and reality that's so flagrant that not only has the network been sued for pandering its lies but the lawyers representing the network in court claimed that viewers do not take seriously ANYTHING Tucker Carlson has to say.
Except that they do take it seriously. And they repeat it. And it catches on and spreads like a VIRUS. Very contagious for some people with an enjoyment of conspiracy theory, a resentment of so-called liberals forcing them to be compassionate and civil (an action they called "political correctness" when they were being nice), and/or an undeveloped capacity for CRITICAL THINKING.
My whole life (quite literally) I have fought against misinformation and championed belief in science. I started as a science nerd quite young with flash cards of the dinosaurs that I memorized before I could read and then in second grade I was enthralled by space because American astronauts were about to land on the moon, which happened the summer between second and third grades. There were several Apollo missions prior to number eleven when they landed and went walkabout.
Later, when I became a teacher in college, I have always zealously advocated for students to use critical thinking to think for themselves and yet believe the experts after verifying their credibility and authority.
And yet, it has never been so DIFFICULT to convince people that science is real, that scientists who know more than them are right (because these scientists have spent a lifetime knowing what they know), and that part of CRITICAL THINKING is learning to verify and corroborate "facts," which is not something that can be done with about 90% of the content on FOX NEWS let alone the forward from your Aunt Minnie or those other news networks that I am not even naming.
And now the SUGEON GENERAL has come out publicly to call the MISINFORMATION swamp created by these people as a public health crisis as serious (if not more so) than COVID-19.
Truth meet power.
And now the SUGEON GENERAL has come out publicly to call the MISINFORMATION swamp created by these people as a public health crisis as serious (if not more so) than COVID-19.
Truth meet power.
Speaking truth to power has never been so hard.
If only there was a reverse brainwashing vaccine to put people back in their "right" minds so that they do not believe nonsense like the COVID vaccine alters one's DNA (not possible) or that thousands of vaccinated people are hospitalized and dying of Covid (also not true).
Do some extra reading. PLEASE.
The truth is out there.
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If only there was a reverse brainwashing vaccine to put people back in their "right" minds so that they do not believe nonsense like the COVID vaccine alters one's DNA (not possible) or that thousands of vaccinated people are hospitalized and dying of Covid (also not true).
Do some extra reading. PLEASE.
The truth is out there.
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/rothschild-project-ratio/ |
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2107.21 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2210 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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