If people didn't buy it... would it die out? Why do people buy into the health misinformation?

S1E158 - If people didn't buy it... would it die out? Why do people buy into the health misinformation?

Published: September 9, 2025

Duration: 27:04

Misinformation and disinformation are nothing new, as the saying goes: A lie spreads around the global many times before the truth gets out of bed. But when people with power are spreading the lies and the rate of spread by which the lie spread means that not only has the amount of lies gotten worse but the depth of misinformation has become more pervasive than in recent history. Leading to a lack of information that impact not only their personal health decisions. but are decisions that impact all of us.

But why do we buy the misinformation...