In a two-part series, we lay out how a toxic mix of politics and disinformation are shaping public health outcomes in the COVID-19 pandemic. In part 1, data journalist Daniel Wood and I looked at the bizarre but undeniable correlation between COVID deaths and the 2020 election map. In part 2, I travelled to Nashville Tennessee and attended an anti-vaccine conference where Eric Trump spoke, in order to understand why the anti-vaccine movement and far-right Republicans are finding common cause.
