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The less equal we become, the less we trust science, and that's a problem

  • Written by Tony Ward, Fellow in Historical Studies, University of Melbourne
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In mid November, South Dakota emergency room nurse Jodi Doering tweeted her experience of caring for dying patients.

Many, she said, were denying the existence of COVID-19 until their final breaths.

Their last dying words are “this can’t be happening, it’s not real.” And when they should be …...

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