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@erin My concern is false information spreading virally.

I'm sure the clinics can manage themselves, and they can manage themselves even better if they're not up against villagers with pitchforks who've been fed conspiracy theories.

We really need to push back against false information.

How do you want to push back against false information?

@Hyolobrika

Well I'm nobody. The best I can do is point to publicly available debunking information and point out how inaccurate journalism is these days.

In my experience every once in a while it will open somebody's eyes. For example, pointing out to a friend who is an expert in some field that reporters are reporting something they know to be wrong will sometimes make them realize that reporters are reporting false stuff in other fields as well.

I wish there was more I could do, but that's it.

@erin

@Hyolobrika I mean, under different circumstances, where I had a switch that would turn off misinformation, I would flip the switch 🙂

@Hyolobrika Yes, if I had a switch that would censor all falsehoods that are harming society, I would censor that.

But such a thing doesn't exist, so the best I can do is go with the adage that the best solution to false speech is more speech, debunking the falsehoods.

@volkris @erin

It's not possible to run an IVF service without at least occasionally discarding embryos.

IVF providers in Alabama are absolutely right and justified in closing down.

You know nothing about it and you are blocked.

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