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After a short conversation with an artificial intelligence, people’s belief in a conspiracy theory dropped by about 20 per cent
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Florida conspiracy theorists are making a bid to commandeer a prestigious hospital
The right-wing assault on public health didn’t end with Covid conspiracies. The attack is ongoing, and as it unfolds, we’re seeing examples of how a country under Republican control could pervert the concepts of health and wellness to align with pseudoscientists and far-right hucksters. This fear came to mind as I read a new Daily Beast report on attempts by conservative anti-vaxxers to win control of the medical board that oversees the prestigious Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida. As the...