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Information to shape public discourse on information. >> i think the best academics -- right there is this incredible new machine for amplifying all sorts of things. social movements you think are really important. social movements you think are horrible. true information, false information. this new ecosystem of which things can travel at light speed and get amplified massively. really is new and interesting. at the same time, there is a lot that is not new. i think it's sometimes easy to blame everything you don't like on this crazy new technical contest of misinformation being spread on soc...

>> somebody sent me a thing this morning where they were talking about putting the vaccine into salad dressing, have you seen this? >> yes. >> i mean, i'm thinking to myself, this is a bizaro world, these people are seriously thinking about how to impose their will on us in our society and -- >> -- freedom of choice. >> and it is a bizarro world, dr. patel, because it's not true, it's yet another piece of misinformation being put out there by a former leader in this country. someone that many americans trust, right, a general, to say the least. and to a certain extent, that's what's winning ou...

The investment into getting enough fact checkers online to stop this information, this disinformation that's killing americans and that's perhaps the greatest threat to american democracy right now with the misinformation being spread around. they're not spending the money required to stop this disinformation dead in its tracks. >> the story mike told about his friend is one i think most people in the country can relate to. you know somebody you love, someone you care about, trust, someone you think is smart, someone you've known for a long time who comes to you with whether it's about covid o...

Those masks. we know the honor system doesn't work. why back away from that option? >> over half of the state is in a jurisdiction that requires mask wearing in california or is encouraged to wear mask coverings. we can talk about conspiracy theories. it's very direct misinformation, not just conspiracy theories, it's misinformation being proffered by the ron johnsons and the vast majority or roughly republican house members. it's folks like tucker carlson. these guys on the right. we need to be more direct about this. we need to call this out. we have live saving vaccines.

>> yes, that's exactly what we're seeing. so, you know, our evaluation of these hospitalizations shows that 95, 90%, 98%, excuse me, to 95% -- 99.5%, excuse me, of all individuals that are currently hospitalized are not vaccinated. and i think the reason why they're not being vaccinated is multi-factorial. one is they don't see this as a serial illness that can affect them because they're young and healthy. the second is misinformation. misinformation being promulgated through social media at this time. >> well, i want to stay in arkansas for a second. it's leading the nation in cases in the l...