Covid Experts

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There's a huge amount of misinformation around & many have been caught up by it. I'd failed to realise that so many Kiwis could actually believe such stuff so it came as quite a surprise.

Its difficult to know the best way of dealing with those who've bought into it, so for those trying to cope with those people it must be like walking on eggshells.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/...abbit-hole

ÔÇ£I canÔÇÖt stress this enough. The social fabric of New Zealand is being tested and threatened daily, in ways that are historically unprecedented,ÔÇØ Hattotuwa says.

ÔÇ£You have here, and for the first time with this voracity and increasing violence, an issue that has been brewing in other parts of the world. It is here, and it is a hellscape.ÔÇØ

Covid-19 conspiracy theories and mis- and disinformation have increased exponentially since August 17, when Auckland went into level 4 lockdown.

By now, everyone knows someone who has fallen down the rabbit hole. No-one seems immune. Journalist and former Franklin County News editor Rex Warwood was spreading anti-Covid misinformation on his Facebook page shortly before dying from the illness last week."

The conspiracy theories are equally horrifying and risible. We have lost a few family members and friends down the rabbit hole, and especially upsetting is their simultaneous embrace of white supremacy and misogyny. I just don't think about them any more as it's too distressing.