Rob Schofield NC Policy Watch There have been many contributing factors to the disastrous scope and scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States over the past year, but right now, tragically, misinformation and ignorance top the list. As NC Policy Watch investigative journalist Lynn Bonner reported last week, despite the rapid spread of the deadly and highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, millions of North Carolinians are still steering clear of vaccination because they’ve embraced or fallen prey to the lie that the vaccines are dangerous, or because they’re not paying attention and simply don’t understand how beneficial and critically important it is for everyone to get a shot.