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The pandemic brought a massive effort to limit the spread of bad health information. Did it do more harm than good?
The pandemic brought a massive effort to limit the spread of bad health information. Did it do more harm than good?
Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images They came prepared for war. Leroy Coffman parked his Red GMC Sierra pickup truck a stone's throw from the US Capitol Building at 9:15 on January 6. Inside the truck, legal documents allege, were 11 Molotov cocktails containing a napalm substance, a handgun, shotgun, rifle, crossbow with bolts, several machetes, camouflage smoke devices and a stun gun. Coffman also reportedly had two other guns on his person. Also in his car, the documents claim, were handwritten notes about elected officials and what was believed to be contact information for talk show hosts an...