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It's another discombobulating moment in the pandemic, with conflicting signs of where the virus is heading and what people should do about it on a daily basis. Here's how to cope.

Its another discombobulating moment in the pandemic, with conflicting signs of where the virus is heading and what people should do about it on a daily basis. Heres how to cope.

Gothamist looks at how cherry-picking science became the center of the anti-mask movement in politics and media and then reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of masks and if they cause physical harm.

Spotify's CEO says banning controversial podcaster Joe Rogan would be a ""slippery slope"". He may be right — but not for the reason he thinks.

WarIn the early 1990s, Karl Weick and Karlene Roberts conducted extremely influential field research to understand why, on the flight decks of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers where there were “a million accidents waiting to happen,” almost none of them did.

Joe Rogan in December hosted two controversial doctors on his podcast to discuss COVID-19. Their views, shared in two three-hour episodes of his show, have sparked widespread anger.

Do tip lines help solve or sow conflict and division? Experts say it all depends on how theyre developed and used.

Do tip lines help solve or sow conflict and division? Experts say it all depends on how theyre developed and used.

Identification with one's nation predicts both greater engagement with public health behaviors, such as masking and social distancing, and support for public health policies, finds an analysis of attitudes across 67 countries.

This is full on political warfare, which is effectively using social and MSM media to control the narrative. But this is asymmetric warfare. They have the resources, the power, the money, main stream media, big pharma, tech giants and social media supporting their efforts. When Biden decided by executive order to enforce mandates, which are political in nature (the science does not support mandates as the vaccines do not stop spread of the disease and may create vaccine escape mutants), then man...