• BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    You have to wonder how bad it needs to get for the fervent among the deniers to come around.

    Given our experience with COVID I’m guessing there’s a sizable chunk who could be on their death bed still clinging to their ignorance.

    • AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      That was possibly the most disturbing part of the pandemic… People in ICUs about to be intubated, insisting that COVID was a hoax with their last words.

      That sort of purposeful disinformation crosses the line into having been weaponized for the purpose of tearing the fabric of society apart – even worse still is the fact that education has been eviscerated so much over the past 50+ years that such a large percentage of people will fall for it.