Disinformation Can Be Deadly

As we look down the barrel of the first, and almost definitely not the last, of the variants of COVID-19, we are dealing with the very significant percentage of the U.S. population that refuses to get vaccinated, a phenomenon that could make dealing with the pandemic impossible.

This comes at a time when the rejection of science and the absorption of misinformation/disinformation is at an all-time high.  The cartoon at left represents what underlies a great deal of this: the notion that the average Joe can use the Internet to become an expert on this or any other subject.