For most of 2020, President Trump downplayed the COVID-19 pandemic. He called it a hoax designed to attack his presidency, then it
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As we battle the Disinfo variant of the virus, it’s critical to recall some persuasion basics plus empirical results on vaccination refusal and hesitancy. Social proof is arguably the most effective tool we’ve got. People do the thing they believe
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Dumb & dumber. Politicians fight for your right to catch COVID. Over 650,000 people have died from COVID-19 in America. How do you explain politicians jeopardizing public safety to score political points?
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When I was finally able to get vaccinated, I felt like a weight had lifted off my shoulders. Society, I thought, would be back to normal(ish) soon. I felt comfortable enough to
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COVID conspiracy playbook revealed Conspiracies like COVID are contagious and can be fatal. Learn to spot conspiracy symptoms and how they’re spread. Conspiracies manipulate people based on their desire to not to
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Voter suppression by eviction A Supreme Court stacked with McConnell nominees overruled the CDC allowing landlords to evict thousands of families during a pandemic. Judicial activism now defines health policy. Republicans at
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Editor’s Note: This article is an update of an op-ed this writer published with DemCast in May of 2020. You can find that article here. In 1954, Republicans overwhelmingly voted against Social
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We were almost there — herd immunity. Then came the Delta variant. But the vaccines were working, providing strong protection against serious illness and death, and breakthrough cases were mild. We now
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Worried about COVID? Vote NO on the California Recall. “Republicans risk becoming face of delta surge as key GOP governors oppose anti-covid measures” (WaPo). Stop politics from infecting California’s science based COVID
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A con man, reality TV actor wanted to win re-election so he lied about COVID-19 and made masks and vaccines political. Meanwhile, he got COVID and only survived because of the science
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If conservatives want to advocate for small government, they should first call on President Biden to mandate vaccines. Since vaccines were first approved for emergency use by the FDA last December under
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