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What the false narrative around ‘CDC 6%’ can teach us about reporting Covid-19 stats

How a real piece of health data was spun into a viral misconception.

‘An unquestionable truth’: Religious misinformation in the coronavirus pandemic

As the pandemic spreads in Latin America, some Christian communities find themselves caught between faith and science.

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