David Robert Grimes
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Past articles by David Robert:
Russian Misinformation Seeks to Confound, Not Convince
Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction → Read More
Vaccine passports are less a threat to liberty than a mark of solidarity
Anti-vaxxers in France and elsewhere claim personal freedom. But what of brotherhood? → Read More
Though it is newly respectable, the Wuhan lab theory remains fanciful
Conspiracy theories on origins distract from tackling the pandemic and boost tawdry blame games → Read More
How the public misunderstands vaccine side effect statistics
Rare side effects are undermining vaccine confidence. The problem lies in how we (mis)interprets the data → Read More
COVID Has Created a Perfect Storm for Fringe Science
It’s always been with us, but in a time of pandemic, its practitioners have an amplified capacity to unleash serious harm → Read More
Covid-19 nonsense peddled by celebrities needs to be challenged
High profile figures online have greater influence than we would like to believe → Read More
Coronavirus: How deadly is Covid-19?
Falsehoods and misunderstandings propagate in a vacuum of uncertainty → Read More
How we can combat the coronavirus infodemic
Falsehoods and misunderstandings propagate in a vacuum of uncertainty → Read More
From vagina eggs to anti-vaxxers: is it time for an influencer detox?
Scepticism can be healthy – especially when celebrities are pushing debunked nonsense → Read More
Terminally Ill at 25 and Fighting Fake News on Vaccines
In 2015, an anti-vaccination campaign in Ireland caused a sudden fall in the uptake of the HPV vaccine. Then Laura Brennan got involved. → Read More
How to survive the fake news about cancer
The internet is awash with ads for costly but bogus treatments – and claims that scientists are suppressing a cure for the disease → Read More
Why mobile phones are NOT a health hazard
An article we published last week about links between mobiles and cancer proved highly controversial. Here a cancer expert and physicist argues that it misrepresented the research and that fears are ill-founded → Read More
Can Cannabis Cure Cancer? Here's Some Evidence From an Expert
For thousands of years people have used cannabis for recreational, ritualistic and medicinal purposes. → Read More
Echo chambers are dangerous – we must try to break free of our online bubbles
Across the political spectrum we must all work harder to analyse our sources of information and our biases. The consequences of not doing so are dire → Read More
Climate change is an energy problem, so let's talk honestly about nuclear
Fear of nuclear energy runs deep but it may be the most efficient and clean energy source we have, albeit with complications → Read More
Russian fake news is not new: Soviet Aids propaganda cost countless lives
It’s easier than ever to spread myths and falsehoods, which shows how little we learned from one of the worst pieces of dezinformatsiya ever disseminated → Read More
The rise of the cannabis cult: don’t believe the hype about medical marijuana
There are few substances that excite discussion quite as potently as cannabis. Explosive claims about its curative power circulate wildly online, often… → Read More
‘Outlandish therapies’ exploit families of autistic children
Opinion: Misinformation about autism leaves many at risk from ‘purveyors of snake oil’ → Read More
Tackling cancer treatment myths, from clean eating to cannabis
We sort through some of the most persistent and pernicious myths surrounding cancer and its treatment → Read More
The online tool that helps the public decode health research
Launched today, Understanding Health Research is a free service created with the intention of helping people better understand health research in context → Read More