Item
Pandemic Skeptics
Title (Dublin Core)
Pandemic Skeptics
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
The attached screenshot is from the pandemic skeptic website https://evidencenotfear.com/. In this image, the site states a fact that adults are more likely to be killed in a car accident than from contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This fact is true, unless you are an adult over the age of 49. Sites like this twist and spin facts to produce a narrative that sounds convincing enough to make you not have to look the information up. Oh and if you click the hyperlink "car accident" in that fact, it just takes you to more articles on their site that talk about automotive accidents on their site.
This site is trying to use "science" and "medical" facts to push the narrative that COVID fears are unreasonable and scare tactics. My reaction when I see any article full of hyperlinks is to check them out as well as to fact check the main ideas separately. Sites like this assume that people will not take the time to look information up and take it at face value.
This site is trying to use "science" and "medical" facts to push the narrative that COVID fears are unreasonable and scare tactics. My reaction when I see any article full of hyperlinks is to check them out as well as to fact check the main ideas separately. Sites like this assume that people will not take the time to look information up and take it at face value.
Date (Dublin Core)
May 10, 2022
Creator (Dublin Core)
Evidence Not Fear
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
screenshot
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Pandemic Skeptics
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
skeptics
misinformation
death
evidence
science
opinion
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
skeptic
fear
mask
death
social distance
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
pandemic skeptics
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/10/2022
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
05/10/2022
07/09/2022
08/02/2022
Item sets
This item was submitted on May 10, 2022 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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