Inside the race to develop a vaccine for our other pandemic: Hate
A little-noticed group of government-funded researchers is developing a clever inoculation against the disinformation and violence threatening American democracy.
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated February 5, 2021, 3:01 a.m.
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The coronavirus vaccine rollout, however chaotic, has been cause for optimism; we can all hope that COVID-19 will soon lose its power.
But itâs hard to be sanguine about the course of our other pandemic: hate. The storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was a shocking display of extremismâs reach.