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Toby Young's Free Speech Union is no ally of critical thinkers (skeptic.org.uk)
6 points by zaik 7 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



> Young is the founder and editor of the website “Lockdown Sceptics”, latterly rebadged as “Daily Sceptic”, which has been spreading misinformation about the pandemic since 2020

Dog whistle for call for garden variety petty censorship. And it indeed followed later in the article.

From what I have seen much of what was branded misinformation have turned out to be correct.


What's your top 5 "things that were branded misinformation that have turned out to be correct"?


1. That covid19 virus came from a lab 2. That the vaccine was not effective in preventing transmission 3. That covid19 was not deadly to kids 4. That masking and social distancing was unfounded in Science 5. That most covid19 deaths were with covid19 and not from covid19




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