Via The New York Times: The added demand for testing due to Omicron and the higher prevalence of breakthrough cases has given purveyors of misinformation an ‘opportune moment’ to exploit, said Kolina Koltai, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington‘s Center for an Informed Public who studies online conspiracy theories. The false narratives “support the whole idea of not trusting the infection numbers or trusting the death count,” she said in an interview with Davey Alba of The Times.
CIP News & Insights Newsletter | April 2024
This is the web version of the April 2024 edition of the Center for an Informed Public‘s News & Insights newsletter that was originally sent out on April 11, 2024.