Germ-Theory Denialism Is Rampant in Wellness Culture
Plus, the links: Vaccine policy, ChatGPT brain rot, using A.I. to comfort kids, and more
Welcome to another installment of the Rethinking Wellness link roundup! Twice a month I share a small selection of links from around the internet that are relevant to the conversations we have here, along with some quick takes and occasional deeper dives for paid subscribers.
This time the quick take is about RFK Jr.’s germ-theory denialism, and how this type of thinking has become pervasive in wellness culture.
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Here are some pieces that got me thinking in the past few weeks. I found value in all of these, but links are not endorsements of every single detail in the piece or everything the writer ever wrote.
Vaccine policy meeting: The essentials (
)Supreme Court turns away online censorship claim by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine group against Meta (NBC News)
Kids deserve better than being comforted by bots (Jessica Grose / NYT)
)Is ChatGPT rotting our brains? (
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