Complotism: "We must avoid counter-argumentation and direct confrontation"

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New York firefighter receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.

The vaccine will have fueled conspiracy theories in 2020 (Photo of illustration).

Michael M. Santiago GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

By: Charlotte Derouin

7 min

A few hours before Christmas Eve, many will meet up with their families on the evening of December 24.

Some of you may also be apprehensive about finding yourself face to face with this uncle who has opinions opposite to yours, this aunt with conspiratorial thoughts or this resolutely anti-vaccine cousin.

It must be said that 2020 was a special year with the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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Thomas Huchon, journalist, documentary

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, professor at Sciences-po, author of a documentary,

“Infodemic”, to see on the Spicee site

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