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Conspiracy Theories can be Deadly

Title (Dublin Core)

Conspiracy Theories can be Deadly

Description (Dublin Core)

Conspiracy theories can be interesting, scary, and even entertaining. But they have real life consequences for some. This story about Carsyn Leigh Davis illustrates how dangerous conspiracy theories can be. Davis’s mother took her to a COVID-19 church party to purposely expose her to the virus. She was immunocompromised and became seriously ill. She was treated with treatments like hydroxychloriquine which have not been proven to be safe or effective by the FDA.

She ultimately died from the disease.

Here’s an example of folks who buy into conspiracy theories like Plandemic and Q-Anon and how their lack of information literacy has real consequences on their own health and the health of others.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 7, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Anastasia Dawson

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Marissa C. Rhodes

Type (Dublin Core)

news story

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://web.archive.org/web/20201018035010/https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/07/teen-attended-gathering-given-unproven-drugs-before-covid-19-death-reports-say/

Source (Dublin Core)

Tampa Bay Times

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Health & Wellness
English Healthcare
English Emotion
English Pandemic Skeptics

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

COVID-19 Party
skeptic
plandemic
immunocompromised

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Plandemic
Q-Anon
COVID-19 Party
Immunocompromised
Conspiracy Theory
Hydroxycloriquine

Collection (Dublin Core)

Healthcare

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Election Infection and #SavetheChildren
Marissa Rhodes Biography Sheet

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/17/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/17/2020
04/12/2022
06/10/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

07/07/2020

Item sets

Covid 19

This item was submitted on October 17, 2020 by Marissa C. Rhodes 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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