The Full Show: Anti-vaxxers creating problems for real science, social media misinformation and the vaccine, and evangelical Christians and vaccines.

Charles Adler Tonight

English - December 11, 2020 06:48 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB - ★★★ - 10 ratings
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Change is one of the most constant things in life.

Yet, it is one of the most difficult things to accept.

Are the anti-vaxxers creating more problems for science?

A wider discussion about how science works and how to spread real information and science.

Guest - Dr. Andrew Weaver - Former BC Green Party leader; former MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head; and a prof. School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria

How social media misinformation is undermining public health

Will people be reluctant to take the vaccine because of all the social media disinformation?

Guest - Jesse Miller - Social Media expert and founder of Mediated Reality

Understanding the resistance to vaccination by some so called religious groups

Why are many evangelicals against vaccines?

Guest - John Stackhouse - Prof. of Religious studies at Crandall University, NB

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