Epidemiologist and science communicator Jessica Malaty Rivera believes we’re navigating a serious outbreak: health misinformation. She explores why the public’s trust in science is wavering — and the importance of winning it back. In this conversation with TED’s Whitney Pennington Rodgers, Rivera maps out what it takes to become a trusted messenger in an era when expertise itself is up for debate. (Recorded at TEDNext 2025 on November 9, 2025)
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@MrRoberthafetz
September 21, 2026 at 12:22 pm
The covid crisis was failure of leadership. Biden was brain damaged from a past stroke and was impaired by vascular dementia. Dr Fauci lied and covered up his role in financing the virus and made wrong decisions not based on science. 40% of all research is invalid or out right biased.
@homewall724
September 21, 2026 at 12:29 pm
Stop creating and releasing viruses by accident.
Stop using force to “solve” a problem.
If a vaccine only protects others, it’s not a vaccine.
@chinopisces
September 21, 2026 at 12:36 pm
@homewall724 home schooled for sure.
@mrdennis1038
September 21, 2026 at 12:40 pm
There is no incentive to implement doxastic dispositions to epistemic provenance…altruism alone is neither necessary or sufficient a virtue to use to persuade or motivate most stakeholders.
@MrRoberthafetz
September 21, 2026 at 12:57 pm
Emotion determines how intelligence is applied and every human act starts with an emotional message. The limbic system controls the mind
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September 21, 2026 at 2:15 pm
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@DoubleTwoCTimeTravellers
September 21, 2026 at 7:56 pm
The point that trust depends on the messenger, not just the facts, feels even more important when AI can generate convincing experts at scale. At D2C, we keep watching how technology changes not only information, but who society decides to believe.
@daily.simple.english
September 21, 2026 at 8:37 pm
Public health really is a victim of its own success. Great talk!