Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Writer and journalist Kavin Senapathy once saw herself as a science-wielding myth slayer, joining forces with others who strive to address bad information wherever it strikes. But time and again, she encountered a common, unsettling thread that runs through it all: the forces that seek to correct widespread misinformation about science in the zeitgeist — like that GMOs and vaccines aren’t inherently dangerous, that chemicals in our environment aren’t all bad and serve a purpose, or that nuclear energy isn’t the enemy— have been cutting off the heads of "the Misinformation Hydra." Why does vaccine denialism persist despite mountains of evidence and piles of readily-available science-based information? Join Kavin for this talk on the "anti-vaccine" movement, the pro-vaccine movement, and the reasons this struggle continues in the COVID-19 era.
Writer and journalist Kavin Senapathy once saw herself as a science-wielding myth slayer, joining forces with others who strive to address bad information wherever it strikes. But time and again, she encountered a common, unsettling thread that runs through it all: the forces that seek to correct widespread misinformation about science in the zeitgeist — like that GMOs and vaccines aren’t inherently dangerous, that chemicals in our environment aren’t all bad and serve a purpose, or that nuclear energy isn’t the enemy— have been cutting off the heads of "the Misinformation Hydra." Why does vaccine denialism persist despite mountains of evidence and piles of readily-available science-based information? Join Kavin for this talk on the "anti-vaccine" movement, the pro-vaccine movement, and the reasons this struggle continues in the COVID-19 era.
