Kolina Koltai, PhD [@KolinaKoltai]. (2021, September 27). When you search ‘Covid-19’ on Amazon, the number 1 product is from known antivaxxer Dr. Mercola. 4 out of the top 8 items are either vaccine opposed/linked to conspiratorial narratives about covid. Amazon continues to be a venue for vaccine misinformation. Https://t.co/rWHhZS8nPl [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/KolinaKoltai/status/1442545052954202121

Byline Times. (2020, October 25). Google doing its job here. Our revelations about the Koch funded libertarian think tanks behind the discredited Herd Immunity theory is public interest journalism [Tweet]. @BylineTimes. https://twitter.com/BylineTimes/status/1320322956837425152

Fraser Myers. (2020, October 10). Google is censoring The Great Barrington Declaration. When you search for it you’re directed to a conspiracy theory from Byline Times https://t.co/OUVBeFi4Mr [Tweet]. @FraserMyers. https://twitter.com/FraserMyers/status/1314874791745277953

Dr. Jonathan N. Stea. (2021, January 25). Covid-19 misinformation? We’re over it. Pseudoscience? Over it. Conspiracies? Over it. Want to do your part to amplify scientific expertise and evidence-based health information? Join us. 🇨🇦 Follow us @ScienceUpFirst. #ScienceUpFirst https://t.co/81iPxXXn4q. Https://t.co/mIcyJEsPXe [Tweet]. @jonathanstea. https://twitter.com/jonathanstea/status/1353705111671869440

Bago, Bence, David Rand, and Gordon Pennycook. ‘Does Deliberation Decrease Belief in Conspiracies?’ PsyArXiv, 8 March 2022. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/86jhw.

John Bye. (2022, January 6). Despite repeatedly being proven wrong by subsequent events, covid disinformation groups like HART have constantly been given a platform on TV and radio throughout the pandemic. Even after #hartleaks revealed many of their members to be anti-vax conspiracy cranks. 🧵2: Broadcast https://t.co/I3unq04gij [Tweet]. @_johnbye. https://twitter.com/_johnbye/status/1479202308139409413

Michaud, M., & Center, U. of R. M. (n.d.). Trust in science at root of vaccine acceptance. Retrieved February 8, 2022, from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-science-root-vaccine.html

Alberta court grants mother right to vaccinate immunocompromised son against COVID-19. (n.d.). Edmontonjournal. Retrieved February 8, 2022, from https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/alberta-court-covid-19-vaccination-rights-mother-immunocompromised-son-despite-father-objection

Defeat The Mandates: Green Our Vaccines reconstituted for COVID-19. (2022, January 21). RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE. https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/01/21/defeat-the-mandates-green-our-vaccines-reconstituted-for-covid-19/

Eric Feigl-Ding. (2022, January 5). 2) Florida governor’s new anti-COVID testing surgeon general doesn’t seem well either… https://t.co/evPT0RbWcU [Tweet]. @DrEricDing. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1478829782926307341

Warner, E. L., Barbati, J. L., Duncan, K. L., Yan, K., & Rains, S. A. (2022). Vaccine misinformation types and properties in Russian troll tweets. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.12.040

Should bad science be censored on social media? (2022, January 19). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60036861

Revealed: How a web of Canadian doctors are undermining the fight against COVID-19 | Globalnews.ca. (n.d.). Global News. Retrieved January 19, 2022, from https://globalnews.ca/news/8517353/canada-doctors-covid-vaccine-disinformation/

Surely you're already up on the work of @AnneGanzert? https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-35272-1

Syndicated: https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1424235840088133635

Bonus points to the first one who can publish with a serious reference to "Lines of Thought" by Ayelet Even-Ezra. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo63098990.html

Syndicated: https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1424236570471636993

And finally, just for fun https://condenaststore.com/featured/the-conspiracy-board-brendan-loper.html

Syndicated: https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1424236850902753281

Yang, M. (2022, January 14). ‘Menace to public health’: 270 doctors criticize Spotify over Joe Rogan’s podcast. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/14/spotify-joe-rogan-podcast-open-letter

Williams, M., Anderson, R. C., Fox, N., Skinner, C. M., & McMurtrie, B. (2022). Evidence for a positive relationship between perceived stress and belief in conspiracy theories. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gca56

Redactie. (2021, December 25). ‘Corona-ontkenner en “Sterkste man van België” overleden aan de gevolgen van Covid-19’. De Morgen. https://www.demorgen.be/gs-b6cec88c

Meet the media startups making big money on vaccine conspiracies. (n.d.). Fortune. Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://fortune.com/2021/05/14/disinformation-media-vaccine-covid19/

Far-right lures recruits using COVID-19 conspiracy theories, alongside misogyny, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia, says study. (n.d.). Retrieved December 21, 2021, from https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/far-lures-recruits-using-covid-134548878.html

Timothy Caulfield. (2021, December 14). @LuisSchang @joerogan The Great Conspiracy Theory Paradox! Https://t.co/sEPuwvXJKp [Tweet]. @CaulfieldTim. https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1470818785867153408

Schmid, P., & Lewandowsky, S. (n.d.). Tackling COVID disinformation with empathy and conversation. The Conversation. Retrieved December 15, 2021, from http://theconversation.com/tackling-covid-disinformation-with-empathy-and-conversation-173013

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html

Linking to a New York Times tag archive would not be considered evidence by any self-respecting conspiracy theorist.

Critics of petition against COVID-19 measures say it is grounded in hyperbole and misinformation. (n.d.). Retrieved December 9, 2021, from https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/critics-of-petition-against-covid-19-measures-say-it-is-grounded-in-hyperbole-and-misinformation/362441

American vaccine disinformation used as ‘Trojan horse’ for far right in New Zealand. (n.d.). NBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-vaccine-disinformation-used-trojan-horse-far-right-new-zealan-rcna6423

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @NBCNewsNow: Covid conspiracy theories born in the U.S. are having a deadly impact around the world. @BrandyZadrozny takes us to Roman…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 3 December 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1466065323879243782

How the Far-Right Is Radicalizing Anti-Vaxxers. (n.d.). Retrieved December 2, 2021, from https://www.vice.com/en/article/88ggqa/how-the-far-right-is-radicalizing-anti-vaxxers

Johnston, M. (2021). What Lies Beneath: Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy. Emergency Medicine News, 43(10), 7. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.EEM.0000795760.41732.33

Business, J. V., CNN. (n.d.). Newsmax reporter permanently banned from Twitter for posting Covid misinformation. CNN. Retrieved 15 November 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/media/newsmax-twitter-emerald-robinson-banned/index.html

Kale, S. (2021, November 11). Chakras, crystals and conspiracy theories: How the wellness industry turned its back on Covid science. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/injecting-poison-will-never-make-you-healthy-how-the-wellness-industry-turned-its-back-on-covid-science

Caulfield, T. (2021, October 18). The Golden Age of Junk Science Is Killing Us. Men’s Health. https://www.menshealth.com/health/a37910261/how-junk-science-and-misinformation-hurt-us/

Wiseman, E. (2021, October 17). The dark side of wellness: The overlap between spiritual thinking and far-right conspiracies. The Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/17/eva-wiseman-conspirituality-the-dark-side-of-wellness-how-it-all-got-so-toxic

Recommended Reading: Amazon’s algorithms, conspiracy theories and extremist literature. (n.d.). ISD. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/recommended-reading-amazons-algorithms-conspiracy-theories-and-extremist-literature/

Echols, W. (n.d.). Wild Conspiracy Theory Linking Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine To ‘Lucifer’ Goes Viral. POLYGRAPH.Info. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-pfizer-vaccine-luciferase-newsmax/31546045.html

Jamieson, K. H. (2021). How conspiracists exploited COVID-19 science. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01217-2

Nature Portfolio on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved 3 November 2021, from https://twitter.com/NaturePortfolio/status/1455668301284130820

Grawitch, M. J., & Lavigne, K. (2021). Do Attitudes, Trust, and Acceptance of Pseudoscience and Conspiracy Theories Predict COVID-19 Vaccination Status? PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tg7xr

Casara, B. G. S., Suitner, C., & Jetten, J. (2021). The Impact of Economic Inequality on Conspiracy Beliefs. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gtqy8

Why people believe Covid conspiracy theories: Could folklore hold the answer? | Coronavirus | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2021/oct/26/why-people-believe-covid-conspiracy-theories-could-folklore-hold-the-answer

Politics derails debate on immunity you get after recovering from Covid-19. (2021, October 19). STAT. https://www.statnews.com/2021/10/19/politics-is-derailing-a-crucial-debate-over-the-immunity-you-get-from-recovering-from-covid-19/

CNN, R. K., Scott Bronstein, Curt Devine and Drew Griffin. (n.d.). They take an oath to do no harm, but these doctors are spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccine. CNN. Retrieved 25 October 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/19/us/doctors-covid-vaccine-misinformation-invs/index.html

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Timothy Caulfield on Twitter: “Will you fall into the conspiracy theory rabbit hole? Https://t.co/8mLQqSBnqb by @databyler @codingyan Good breakdown on some of the social forces (like ideology) that drive conspiracy theories. Despite the fact I study topic, still amazed how many believe this stuff. Https://t.co/L1T0cpy9kB” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved October 8, 2021, from https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1445794723101175818

Unpacking vaccine “hesitancy:” the spectrum of vaccine acceptance. (2021, October 5). The BMJ. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/10/05/unpacking-vaccine-hesitancy-the-spectrum-of-vaccine-acceptance/

O’Brien, T. C., Palmer, R., & Albarracin, D. (2021). Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters belief in pseudoscience and the benefits of critical evaluation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 96, 104184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104184

Pierre, J. M. (2020). Mistrust and Misinformation: A Two-Component, Socio-Epistemic Model of Belief in Conspiracy Theories. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(2), 617–641. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i2.1362

Bode, L., & Vraga, E. K. (2018). See Something, Say Something: Correction of Global Health Misinformation on Social Media. Health Communication, 33(9), 1131–1140. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1331312

The Conspiracy Theory Handbook | Center For Climate Change Communication. (n.d.). Retrieved March 3, 2021, from https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/conspiracy-theory-handbook/

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M., Jolles, D., & Whiley, L. A. (n.d.). Are COVID-19 conspiracies a threat to public health? Psychological characteristics and health protective behaviours of believers. European Journal of Social Psychology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2796

Shahsavari, S., Holur, P., Wang, T., Tangherlini, T. R., & Roychowdhury, V. (2020). Conspiracy in the time of corona: automatic detection of emerging COVID-19 conspiracy theories in social media and the news. Journal of Computational Social Science, 3(2), 279–317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-020-00086-5

YouTube is banning Joseph Mercola and a handful of other anti-vaccine activists—The Washington Post. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2021, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/29/youtube-ban-joseph-mercola/

Mixing science and art to make the truth more interesting than lies. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2021, from https://theconversation.com/mixing-science-and-art-to-make-the-truth-more-interesting-than-lies-100221?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

Disinformation and Disease: Social Media and the Ebola Epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (n.d.). Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved September 28, 2021, from https://www.cfr.org/blog/disinformation-and-disease-social-media-and-ebola-epidemic-democratic-republic-congo

“Vigilante treatments”: Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2021, from https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/vigilante-treatments-anti-vaccine-groups-push-people-leave-icus-rcna2233

Ben Collins on Twitter: “A quick thread: It’s hard to explain just how radicalized ivermectin and antivax Facebook groups have become in the last few weeks. They’re now telling people who get COVID to avoid the ICU and treat themselves, often by nebulizing hydrogen peroxide. So, how did we get here?” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2021, from https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1441395300002848769?s=20

Jamison, A. M., Broniatowski, D. A., Dredze, M., Sangraula, A., Smith, M. C., & Quinn, S. C. (2020). Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-38

Alper, S., Douglas, K., & Capraro, V. (2021). Conspiracy Beliefs and Generosity across 52 Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fdyxr

Only collective & credible efforts can thwart conspiracie.

Chan, H. F., Rizio, S. M., Skali, A., & Torgler, B. (2021). Early COVID-19 Government Communication Is Associated With Reduced Interest in the QAnon Conspiracy Theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 3503. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.681975

Abadi, D., Arnaldo, I., & Fischer, A. (2021). Anxious and Angry: Emotional Responses to the COVID-19 Threat. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 676116. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.676116

Telstra on Twitter: “I’m fully aware this won’t stop ‘the vaxx gave me 5G’ jokes. But #LetsVaxx anyway. Https://t.co/IwM7AwrpJ6” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2021, from https://twitter.com/Telstra/status/1433191938497282051

As a virologist I’m shocked my work has been hijacked by anti-vaxxers | David LV Bauer | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/07/virologist-work-anti-vaxxers-covid

Who Is Most Susceptible To COVID Misinformation? (2021, August 11). News. https://www.wgbh.org/news/science-and-technology/2021/08/11/who-is-most-susceptible-to-covid-misinformation

Rutjens, B. T., van der Linden, S., van der Lee, R., & Zarzeczna, N. (2021). A group processes approach to antiscience beliefs and endorsement of “alternative facts.” Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(4), 513–517. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211009708

Masks and Their Moralities | The Familiar Strange. (n.d.). Retrieved September 1, 2021, from https://thefamiliarstrange.com/2021/08/30/masks-moralities/

Jach, Ł., Lamża, Ł., & Wardawy, P. (2021). Psychological correlates of attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines among Polish respondents – a snapshot study before the start of the massive vaccination campaign. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/czvda

Maftei, A., & Holman, A. C. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Threat Perception and Willingness to Vaccinate: The Mediating Role of Conspiracy Beliefs. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 672634. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672634

‘No one wanted to read’ his book on pandemic psychology – then Covid hit. (2021, August 19). The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/book-psychology-pandemics-steven-taylor

Pilditch, T. (2021). Why scientific evidence is no longer enough in public debate [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/98v2n

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A ‘Brainwashed Death Cult’: The Gamification of Conspiracy – Byline Times. (n.d.). Retrieved August 17, 2021, from https://bylinetimes.com/2021/08/10/a-brainwashed-death-cult-the-gamification-of-conspiracy/

Winter, T., Riordan, B., Scarf, D., & Jose, P. (2021). Conspiracy Beliefs and Distrust of Science Predicts Reluctance of Vaccine Uptake of Politically Right-Wing Citizens. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y87rm