created by andy5995 on 31/01/2025 at 18:31 UTC
34 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)
by Alan Black and Molly Kingsley[1] 30 January 2025
1: https://dailysceptic.org/author/molly-kingsley-and-alan-black/
Excerpt:
Back in the day we never had misinformation or disinformation, we just had inaccuracies and lies. We also had differences of opinion which reasonable people could try to resolve by respectful discussion and debate. In medical and other scientific fields, that process of debating differences of opinion was recognised as a foundational principle of science and the means by which collective knowledge and understanding could most efficiently evolve: the scientific process.
Covid changed all that. Any opposition to the official narrative surrounding lockdowns, masks, vaccines and the like simply was not tolerated. The terms misinformation and disinformation were weaponised to shutdown debate for ‘the public good’. Any attempt at counter-argument was labelled mis- or dis- information and therefore wrong or dangerous.[...]
Comment by dartanum at 31/01/2025 at 18:46 UTC
14 upvotes, 2 direct replies
-Redditor on r/worldnews responding to a post on traces of polio being found in sewage: "In a society where vaccines are now shunned this doesn't bode well..."
-Me: "In a society where a jab that does not provide immunity to a disease can be labeled a safe and effective vaccine, we have bigger things to worry about."
-Mods: "You've been permanently banned from participating in r/worldnews: Disinformation"
Comment by xirvikman at 31/01/2025 at 20:59 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Will Further Undermine Trust in Public Health
So much so that there was a record 17,594,415 flu jabs in England in 2024