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Are we slipping into a post truth world? Congressional hearings to confirm the appointments of our nation's top leaders in public health and healthcare were rife with accusations that these nominees had a history of spreading falsehoods and, worse, they presented with an antipathy toward science writ large. Science organizations, academics and major media outlets alike are debating whether the cost of free speech has become too high. In this editorial, I interview Dr Thomas Green who parses between truths and beliefs and describes the criticality of access to reviewable evidence. Green reviews the genesis of vaccines and vaccine resistance to illustrate how discoveries can be positively transformational but how, even then, truth can and should be challenged when new evidence is found.
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The editorial goal of the American Journal of Health Promotion is to provide a forum for exchange among the many disciplines involved in health promotion and an interface between researchers and practitioners.
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