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Science communication — sorting fact from fiction

Here we're curating resources and article that will aid educators in looking at science communication and indeed science + society. Note these have a particular…
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Māori dying with Covid-19 because of misinformation - health leader - RNZ
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Science denial: Why it happens and 5 things you can do about it
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Context is King: How Correct Data Can Lead to False Conclusions - THE EVIDENCE HUB
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Time to change the COVID conversation – RNZ PODCAST Oct 2021
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A political tactic where nobody wins – NEWSROOM OPINION
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Baffling graph shows twice as many second vaccine doses as first – NZ HERALD
To calm Mexico City’s elderly, who were arriving “really scared” at vaccination sites, officials cued up the bands and masked wrestlers. Ny Times, The New York Times, Charlie Brown Costume, Elderly Man, People Running, Planet Fitness Workout, México City, Soccer Balls, Lucha Libre
Lucha Libre, Yoga, Dancing: Welcome to Mexico City’s Vaccination Sites (Published 2021)
To calm Mexico City’s elderly, who were arriving “really scared” at vaccination sites, officials cued up the bands and masked wrestlers.
Michael E Mann rose to prominence in 1999 as the co-author of the “hockey-stick graph”, which showed the sharp rise in global temperatures since the industrial age. This was the clearest evidence anyone had provided of the link between human emissions and global warming. This made him a target. He and other scientists have been subject to “climategate” email hacking, personal abuse and online trolling. In his book, The New Climate War, he argues the tide may finally be turning in a hopeful ... Republican Presidents, Nobel Peace Prize, Global Warming, Emissions, Scientists, Evidence, Good People
Climatologist Michael E Mann: 'Good people fall victim to doomism. I do too sometimes' – GUARDIAN
Michael E Mann rose to prominence in 1999 as the co-author of the “hockey-stick graph”, which showed the sharp rise in global temperatures since the industrial age. This was the clearest evidence anyone had provided of the link between human emissions and global warming. This made him a target. He and other scientists have been subject to “climategate” email hacking, personal abuse and online trolling. In his book, The New Climate War, he argues the tide may finally be turning in a hopeful ...
Misinformation about the effectiveness of the test is swirling, but in fact the PCR is both reliable and critical in taking on the virus, explains Siouxsie Wiles. I’ve been asked by several people in recent days whether there is any truth to a video about the Covid-19 PCR test that is currently doing the rounds on social media. I’m not linking to it, because it is chock full of false information... False Positive, Auckland Airport, Genetic Sequence, Health Unit, How To Start Conversations, Chock Full, Positive Results, Health Check
How the PCR test works and why it’s such a critical weapon against Covid-19
Misinformation about the effectiveness of the test is swirling, but in fact the PCR is both reliable and critical in taking on the virus, explains Siouxsie Wiles. I’ve been asked by several people in recent days whether there is any truth to a video about the Covid-19 PCR test that is currently doing the rounds on social media. I’m not linking to it, because it is chock full of false information...
Siouxsie Wiles & Toby Morris. Don’t approach the task as a battle to be won, but as a conversation to get to the underlying reasons why someone might have been susceptible to the false information in the first place. Last week marked 6 months since the WHO declared Covid-19 a pandemic. How the world has changed in that time. Here in Aotearoa we are doing a really good job of working together to save lives ... Falling For Someone, Wax Lyrical, One Drive, Netflix Documentaries, Influential People, Red Flag, Working Together, Save Life, Political Cartoons
Siouxsie Wiles & Toby Morris: Bridging the gap with someone who’s been pulled in by disinformation
Siouxsie Wiles & Toby Morris. Don’t approach the task as a battle to be won, but as a conversation to get to the underlying reasons why someone might have been susceptible to the false information in the first place. Last week marked 6 months since the WHO declared Covid-19 a pandemic. How the world has changed in that time. Here in Aotearoa we are doing a really good job of working together to save lives ...
by Siouxsie Wiles • 08/09/2020 It’s likely you’re being exposed to masses of Covid information on a daily basis, and not all of it will be reliable. Here are some tips for telling the difference, and stopping the spread. Thanks to Covid-19, most of us have a new word in our vocabulary. Epidemiology: the branch of medical science that deals with the who, what, when, where and how of a disease in a population. Now it’s time to learn about infodemiology. We humans are a curious and innovative spec Health Websites, Science Words, Opinion Piece, White Supremacy, Messaging App, Medical Science, Social Media Influencer, New Words, Algorithm
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by Siouxsie Wiles • 08/09/2020 It’s likely you’re being exposed to masses of Covid information on a daily basis, and not all of it will be reliable. Here are some tips for telling the difference, and stopping the spread. Thanks to Covid-19, most of us have a new word in our vocabulary. Epidemiology: the branch of medical science that deals with the who, what, when, where and how of a disease in a population. Now it’s time to learn about infodemiology. We humans are a curious and innovative spec