
The Evidence: When misinformation kills
Discovery
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Does Myth Busting Work?
Is there a risk that even discussing myths, which we have been doing here, gives more oxygen to them? Is it better not even to discuss them? I think if there is damaging misinform tion out there that could potentially harm people, it's absolutely important to get the right information out there. It's about how you do it. We've all learned that if there's a bad piece of misinformation, or damaging, harmful piece of misinformation on line, you don't directly react to it on line. But you take a cue from it about what is needed in terms of the correct information and fill the space around it with another, more evident, spase story a. So i
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