Anti-vaxxer movement
Former celebrity chef Pete Evans to publish cookbook with RFK Jr
The book will be published by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defence, an organisation known as one of the country’s largest anti-vaccine groups.
- by Nick Ralston
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Is Australia immune to America’s misinformation crisis? I’m not confident
All democracies rely on some sense of shared information that makes deliberation possible. It would be unwise to look at the US and not see ourselves.
- by Waleed Aly
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Conspiracy theories
I thought we’d be friends forever – then came the conspiracy theories
What started with woo-woo wellness quickly became something darker.
- by Grace Flynn
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‘The Kennedy dream’: Inside the world of Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Vaccine critic RFK Jr has gone from ‘troubled life’ to candidate for a top job in Trump’s administration. Here’s how.
- by Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
Anti-Voice rallies organised by pro-Putin conspiracy theorist
The official No campaign has distanced itself from this weekend’s rallies, which have been organised by Simeon Boikov – known online as “the Aussie Cossack”.
- by Matthew Knott, Sherryn Groch and Paul Sakkal
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Coronavirus pandemic
Anthony Fauci on Australia’s COVID response, AI and the next pandemic
The man who became the face of the US coronavirus response says the real global death toll is likely closer to 20 million people, and there are lessons we must not forget from the pandemic.
- by Angus Thomson
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Vaccination
Confidence in childhood vaccines declines in Australia, worldwide
Scientists are concerned anti-vaccine sentiment stoked during the pandemic might have a “spillover effect” on support for childhood and other adult vaccines.
- by Angus Thomson
Meet the cranky uncle ‘vaccinating’ people against conspiracies
Facts are often useless in the face of conspiratorial thought. So what can help convince a conspiracy theorist to change their beliefs?
- by Angus Dalton
‘Get the idiots away’: Calls for exclusion zone around hospitals after protests
A parent visiting her sick daughter has called for an exclusion zone around the Royal Children’s Hospital after anti-vaccination protesters blocked its entry.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Who’s living in fantasy land? As the election recedes, the politics of COVID re-emerges
Some have accused those who are most worried about COVID-19 of stoking fear with the same sorts of arguments as anti-vaxxers.
- by Michael Koziol
Minister slams misinformation on unvaccinated COVID-19 deaths
Yvette D’Ath says unvaccinated people are far more likely to get sick and die of COVID-19, despite claims only small numbers are doing so.
- by Stuart Layt
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