No wonder why misinformation has become such a serious problem. Here's an example of how conspiracy theories are so alluring that even grown-ups can fall prey to it. It has become so dangerous that it can render its victims devoid of faculty for practical judgement, which ultimately lead to the deprivation of individual's agency because it erodes the very foundation of knowledge that is imperative to social agency. In a video clip shared on twitter (see below) Donald Wagner, a GOP lawmaker of the Orange County asks doctor if vaccines had tracking devices. At first, it sounds like a joke but it is not, it's real. I quote what he says in the video clip: Is there any--in the vaccine--we heard about the injection of a tracking device. Is that being done anywhere in Orange County? It took a few seconds for the top health official Clayton Chau to figure out what he just heard. The doctor's answer is NOPE. It is very unfortunate that Wagner is elected in that capacity, it is...
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