• for: key insight - anti-vaxxers, key insight - conspiracy theories, key insight - maga, key insight - neoliberalism and failure at collective action

• key insight: neoliberalism and failure of collective action

  • neoliberalism's continuous assault on society has striped use off any support system, leaving us to fend for ourselves
  • when polycrisis events occur, it provokes a distrust of any attempt at government intervention
  • this is a sign of things to come when climate chaos will accelerate social breakdown

MacFarquhar, N. (2021, March 26). Far-Right Extremists Move From ‘Stop the Steal’ to Stop the Vaccine. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/us/far-right-extremism-anti-vaccine.html

John Kerr. (2021, March 22). As in another study, https://t.co/hl7qce6x4t, some messages ⬆️ feeling informed, but weirdly, these were the least informative, raising some Qs about how best to measure and change people’s awareness of the risks & benefits ethically. 7/n https://t.co/HAGeje5afy [Tweet]. @SciComGuy. https://twitter.com/SciComGuy/status/1374040006034096131

Fox News goes all-in promoting anti-vaccine mandate Canadian truckers. (n.d.). Media Matters for America. Retrieved February 11, 2022, from https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/fox-news-goes-all-promoting-anti-vaccine-mandate-canadian-truckers

Smyth, G., & News ·, L. D. · C. (2022, February 9). 2 B.C. doctors went on a COVID-19 speaking tour. Colleagues say their misinformation put public at risk | CBC News. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-doctors-covid-misinformation-1.6334580

Deepti Gurdasani. (2022, February 9). I don’t even know what to say. There were 2.8 million people estimated to have prevalent infection in the last ONS survey. 1 in 19 people in the community in England. ~1,800 deaths/wk in the UK. Removing requirements for self-isolation will lead to preventable illness & death.🧵 [Tweet]. @dgurdasani1. https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1491426843135655936

Evershed, N. (n.d.). The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation. The Guardian. Retrieved January 30, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2022/jan/28/the-simple-numbers-every-government-should-use-to-fight-anti-vaccine-misinformation

Andersen, K. (2022, January 25). The Anti-vaccine Right Brought Human Sacrifice to America. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/human-sacrifice-ritual-mass-vaccination/621355/

Oltermann, P. (2022, January 26). Germany to crack down on Covid protesters in yellow star badges. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/26/germany-to-crack-down-on-covid-protesters-in-yellow-star-badges

Broadfoot, M. (n.d.). Masks Protect Schoolkids from COVID despite What Antiscience Politicians Claim. Scientific American. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/masks-protect-schoolkids-from-covid-despite-what-antiscience-politicians-claim/

Hotez, P. J. (2021). America’s deadly flirtation with antiscience and the medical freedom movement. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 131(7). https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI149072

Taylor, J. (2022, January 5). ‘Appalling message’: Outrage over Novak Djokovic’s medical exemption to play Australian Open. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/05/appalling-message-outrage-over-novak-djokovics-medical-exemption-to-play-australian-open

Yang, M. (2022, January 14). ‘Menace to public health’: 270 doctors criticize Spotify over Joe Rogan’s podcast. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/14/spotify-joe-rogan-podcast-open-letter

Quadri, S. (2021, December 20). Piers Corbyn arrested after urging public to ‘burn MPs’ offices’. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/piers-corbyn-arrested-protest-video-mp-offices-burn-b972788.html

Critics of petition against COVID-19 measures say it is grounded in hyperbole and misinformation. (n.d.). Retrieved December 9, 2021, from https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/critics-of-petition-against-covid-19-measures-say-it-is-grounded-in-hyperbole-and-misinformation/362441

Antivaccine activists use a government database on side effects to scare the public. (n.d.). Retrieved December 7, 2021, from https://www.science.org/content/article/antivaccine-activists-use-government-database-side-effects-scare-public

American vaccine disinformation used as ‘Trojan horse’ for far right in New Zealand. (n.d.). NBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-vaccine-disinformation-used-trojan-horse-far-right-new-zealan-rcna6423

How the Far-Right Is Radicalizing Anti-Vaxxers. (n.d.). Retrieved December 2, 2021, from https://www.vice.com/en/article/88ggqa/how-the-far-right-is-radicalizing-anti-vaxxers

Germany coronavirus: Record rise prompts warning of 100,000 deaths. (2021, November 10). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59234443

‘Zero Covid absolutists’ accuse JCVI of being ‘anti-vax’ for considering herd immunity in children • USMAIL24. (2021, November 1). USMAIL24. https://usmail24.com/zero-covid-absolutists-accuse-jcvi-of-being-anti-vax-for-considering-herd-immunity-in-children/

Covid-19 vaccination in children, adolescents, and young adults: How can we ensure high vaccination uptake? - The BMJ. (n.d.). Retrieved October 14, 2021, from https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/10/14/covid-19-vaccination-in-children-adolescents-and-young-adults-how-can-we-ensure-high-vaccination-uptake

Former anti-vax Edson woman shares husband’s COVID-19 ICU horror story | Edmonton Journal. (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/former-anti-vax-edson-woman-shares-husbands-covid-19-icu-horror-story

YouTube to remove misinformation videos about all vaccines | YouTube | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/29/youtube-to-remove-misinformation-videos-about-all-vaccines

Data show coronavirus vaccine mandates work well—The Washington Post. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2021, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/29/evidence-is-building-vaccine-mandates-work-well/

SuzeeB🙂. (2021, September 14). Dear vaccinated, We did not take your freedom. The government did. We are not holding your freedoms to ransom. The government is. If we are a danger to you, then your vaccine doesn’t work. If it does, then you should already be free. The government has lied to you. [Tweet]. @NatalieSuB. https://twitter.com/NatalieSuB/status/1437835320628809733

‘Spreading like a virus’: Inside the EU’s struggle to debunk Covid lies | World news | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/spreading-like-a-virus-inside-the-eus-struggle-to-debunk-covid-lies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

France reports rush for vaccines after Macron tightens Covid rules | France | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/13/france-reports-rush-for-vaccines-after-macron-tightens-covid-rules?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Daily 202: Nearly 30 groups urge Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to take down vaccine disinformation—The Washington Post. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2021, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/19/daily-202-nearly-30-groups-urge-facebook-instagram-twitter-take-down-vaccine-disinformation/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social

Unvaccinated Is Different From Anti-Vax—The Atlantic. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2021, from https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/07/unvaccinated-different-anti-vax/619523/

Italy imposes ‘green pass’ restrictions on unvaccinated people | Italy | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/22/italy-covid-19-green-pass-vaccinations-restrictions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

‘What’s Covid?’ Why People at America’s Hardest-Partying Lake Are Not About to Get Vaccinated—POLITICO. (n.d.). Retrieved July 28, 2021, from https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/27/ozarks-lake-covid-unvaccinated-500784

The CDC Should Be More Like Wikipedia—The Atlantic. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2021, from https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/cdc-should-be-more-like-wikipedia/619469/

Government’s Mass Infection Plan pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections – Byline Times. (n.d.). Retrieved July 19, 2021, from https://bylinetimes.com/2021/07/08/governments-mass-infection-plan-pushed-by-great-barrington-declaration-lobbying-effort-to-end-covid-protections/

Hughes, B., Miller-Idriss, C., Piltch-Loeb, R., White, K., Creizis, M., Cain, C., & Savoia, E. (2021). Development of a Codebook of Online Anti-Vaccination Rhetoric to Manage COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation [Preprint]. Public and Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.23.21253727

Thompson, D. (2021, May 3). Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines. What Are They Thinking? The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/the-people-who-wont-get-the-vaccine/618765/

Wadman, M. (2021). Antivaccine activists use a government database on side effects to scare the public. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj6981

Would Covid passports be damaging to public health? | Melinda Mills and Stephen Reicher. (2021, April 7). The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/07/covid-passports-good-idea-government-damaging

Tucker Carlson May Be America’s Biggest Public-Health Problem. (n.d.). Retrieved May 13, 2021, from https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-may-be-americas-biggest-public-health-problem?ref=author

Opinion | Our Pathetic Herd Immunity Failure—The New York Times. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/herd-immunity-us.html

Coronavirus vaccination cards a target of scams—The Washington Post. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2021, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/18/scams-coronavirus-vaccination-cards/

Fears frontline NHS staff are refusing to get Covid vaccine | Coronavirus | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/17/fears-frontline-nhs-staff-are-refusing-to-get-covid-vaccine

Polly Toynbee. (2021, January 4). This shows how tiny and irrelevant the libertarian/anti-mask/freedomloving/Coviddeniers are: Media shld ignore them and those crazed MPs.Shameful PM waits for YouGov poll to tell him what to do, too many deaths later. [Tweet]. @pollytoynbee. https://twitter.com/pollytoynbee/status/1346148556936273920

UK is with EU. (2021, January 18). ..The reason we are in this third lockdown is because of the anti lockdowners like Lord Sumption ..We are going in circles, countries who have done well controlled the virus and now have an economic recovery ..And every life matters #GMB @devisridhar speaking truth to power https://t.co/U3BBV0uUSb [Tweet]. @ukiswitheu. https://twitter.com/ukiswitheu/status/1351089812799950850

correspondent, J. H. E. (2020, December 3). Swedes’ support for anti-lockdown stance slips amid rising Covid deaths. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/sweden-anti-lockdown-covid-deaths