Debunking Claims

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In this post, I will address fifteen of the most commonly used arguments against vaccines. Throughout this post, you should notice that none of these arguments require a great deal of scientific kn…

Research explores paranoia, dominance, uniqueness, gullibility, and collective narcissism to explain why narcissists are drawn to conspiracy theories.

Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories can have severe consequences; it is therefore crucial to understand this phenomenon, in its similarities with g…

Red thought “natural” remedies were the cure-all for everything. Nurses are heroes. Not the ones who endanger their patients by refusing to vaccinate during a global pandemic that’s killing millions. Definitely not those. But the 99%+ that are still trying to clean up the mess the anti-vaxxers...

Poll: 9 in 10 Americans say doctors should be held accountable for COVID-19 disinformation A new report released today urges state medical licensing bodies to investigate doctors who are deliberately spreading misleading or false COVID-19 information. And an overwhelming majority of the public agree: Nine in 10 Americans say doctors who intentionally spread misinformation about […]

Anti-vaccine activists are using the side effect reporting system to spread fear and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. But the database could also be used as a gauge for public concerns.

A news interview I did was re-edited and misquoted by online conspiracy theorists. My advice is: get the vaccine, says David LV Bauer of the Francis Crick Institute

Researchers use AI – and witchcraft folklore – to map the coronavirus conspiracy theories that have sprung up

Prior research has focused on the negative reasons people are drawn to conspiracies, but there’s another side to the story

Nearly a year ago, New Zealand’s intelligence services warned of the ‘realistic possibility’ of future COVID-related violent extremism. How concerned should people be now?

OPINION: Conspiracy theories are another major tool in the propaganda kit.

Data from around the world support the general safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Some people online, however, incorrectly claim that illegally obtained data from New Zealand show the vaccines have killed 13 million people worldwide. Experts say the analysis is bogus.

“When you reduce the quality of discourse down to street-fighting level,” it can raise the risk of violence, said a former consultant to U.S. intelligence services.

Safety data from more than 298 million doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administered in the first 6 months of the US vaccination programme show that most reported adverse events were mild and short in duration.

Medical experts on the basis of evidence so far disagree with claims made on social media that myocarditis following the COVID-19 vaccine is irreversible. Social media claims that “over the years,” many children diagnosed with myocarditis will die are unfounded, representatives from the Myocarditis Foundation say.

What is it like to be pulled into a different world, where only you and a select few can see the truth?

One challenge of parenting is sorting through all available information about children's health. Here are some tips for making sense of all of the messages.

UBC vaccine expert Dr. Anna Blakney posts fun videos to music and answers questions about the virus and the vaccine from her more than 217,000 followers on TikTok.

The study authors have requested the paper be retracted because the incorrect data 'vastly inflates the incidence of post-vaccine myocarditis'

Claims about the drug are based on shoddy science—but that science is entirely unremarkable in its shoddiness.

They need consequences, not sympathy.