Illustration: Kieran Blakey

The Nuance

How Identity—Not Ignorance—Leads to Science Denial

Changing the minds of Covid-19 deniers may require a lot more than sound reasoning

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8 min readJul 9, 2020

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During the first months of the novel coronavirus outbreak, many rural parts of the U.S. did not experience the swell in caseloads or hospital admissions that threatened to overwhelm cities like New…

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.