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Articles tagged Anthony Fauci (3)

Dan FalkMay 3, 2022

Don’t call it crazy: How the media “wraparound” effect cements people’s beliefs

“If you are surrounded on all sides by information that seems to confirm this particular belief that you have, and every time you search for something you get information that confirms your beliefs, it would actually be illogical for you to say, ‘You know what, I reject this.'”

Jane C. HuNovember 30, 2020

“Whoa!” “I’m crying!” “Worrisome!” “Buckle up!” The swift, complicated rise of Eric Feigl-Ding and his Covid tweet threads

The scientist has gained popularity as Covid’s excitable play-by-play announcer. But some experts want to pull his plug.

Adrian BardonJuly 6, 2020

Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview

“It is Fauci’s profession of amazement that amazes me. As well-versed as he is in the science of the coronavirus, he’s overlooking the well-established science of ‘anti-science bias,’ or science denial.”