LOL -- the article links to a study showing that vaccine skeptics and anti-maskers are fooled by data visualizations on social networks which is why they spout fake information and hold non-scientific ill-informed views. The study demonstrates those with anti-vaccine and anti-mask views are not highly informed or scientifically literate whatsoever... they just fantasize they are because they saw a complex chart which looks sophisticated on Twitter or Facebook. In fact the study outlines that the best way to spread COVID misinformation online is through charts and other data visualizations which propagate a false narrative. In the era of 140 characters on Twitter most people don't take the time to look at detailed data but merely base their views on bullet points and quick visualizations (e.g. charts). Let's read the summary from the MIT News office... When more Covid-19 data doesn’t equal more understanding Social media users share charts and graphs — often with the same underlying data — to advocate opposing approaches to the pandemic. https://news.mit.edu/2021/when-more-covid-data-doesnt-equal-more-understanding-0304
The Irony is that the article just called you a fucking moron for being such a moron. It says the exact opposite... you moron. read the second part of the quote below. "And those visualizations weren’t sloppy. “They are virtually indistinguishable from those shared by mainstream sources,” says Satyanarayan. “They are often just as polished as graphs you would expect to encounter in data journalism or public health dashboards.” “It’s a very striking finding,” says Lee. “It shows that characterizing antimask groups as data-illiterate or not engaging with the data, is empirically false.”
Once again you take one quote of the article out of context. Go read the entire article and study... and educate yourself. Clowns pushing data visualizations (charts) that look complex via social media on people who have no in-depth data analysis or scientific skills -- therefore broadly promoting misinformation.
gwb-trading, What objective proof, what raw data, what Science have you based your decisions on that demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the injections currently in use?
Maybe go read all the threads here outlining all the data proving the safety and effectiveness of COVID vaccines based on published data and Phase 3 trials. Or maybe you should just note that well over 95% of people in hospitals gasping for air are unvaccinated.
my favorites are the ones where they put a bubble of some irrelevant fact like mask mandates while cases are going up.
These sentences are the point of the study and the article... you moron...the authors were were surprised that there was no conclusive data... the anti maskers were able to counter the " Orthodoxy" (read expert/fauci bullshit and lies) with quality charts, graphs and data. "And those visualizations weren’t sloppy. “They are virtually indistinguishable from those shared by mainstream sources,” says Satyanarayan. “They are often just as polished as graphs you would expect to encounter in data journalism or public health dashboards.” “It’s a very striking finding,” says Lee. “It shows that characterizing antimask groups as data-illiterate or not engaging with the data, is empirically false.”
Israeli scientist says COVID-19 could be treated for under $1/day Ivermectin, a drug used to fight parasites in third-world countries, could help reduce the length of infection for people who contract coronavirus for less than a $1 a day, according to recent research by Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer. Prof. Eli Schwartz, founder of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Disease at Sheba, conducted a randomized, controlled, double-blinded trial from May 15, 2020, through the end of January 2021 to evaluate the effectiveness of ivermectin in reducing viral shedding among nonhospitalized patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. https://m.jpost.com/health-science/...vid-19-could-be-treated-for-under-1day-675612