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It doesn't help when politicians are lying or lying by omission. At that point those who don't know better don't know where to turn for information.

The UK has branded the official death stats as misinformation numerous times in the press and interviews to avoid getting into details of how they screwed up in response to all this...

It's not always the fault of those led astray and I'm sure there's a suitable parable about a bad shepherd or something...

Someone believing untruths is different to the nutters burning down 5G masts mind, but yes I worry about when misinformation reaches critical mass...



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