With polio, you can be vaccinated and therefore unaffected by the bacteria in your gut, but can still transmit that to others.

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

So a right-wing "magazine" has a pop at those who check the kind of things they publish? What a surprise. That the social media platforms provide funding is hardly a surprise either as it's very much in their interests to have others looking at things and pointing out errors.

In the end it is for us to decide who we trust. I know who I do. The fact checkers analyse and expose. Only those who are prepared to believe lies don't see that.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Ai has instant access to all sources of reliable, verified information. It will reject misinformation and identify as speculation anything that is no more than that.

I anticipated that it would not be long before the comments made by ChatGPT would start to be criticised here because they won't include any conspiracy theories or anything regarded as misinformation. I thought that would make people feel uncomfortable.

It is a very useful idea. Being able to access real information safe in the knowledge it has been screened to remove untruths that have been inserted into the discussions by those with malign intent which are then picked up and circulated by the easily impressionable, is a helpful development.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

That looks like a somewhat careless statement made for the best of intentions at a time when overcoming vaccine hesitancy was of paramount consideration.

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For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

I asked ChatGPT whether Wisbech was left-wing, it responded with:

"Wisbech is a market town in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It would be incorrect to categorize an entire town as left-wing or right-wing, as political ideologies and leanings can vary among the residents. Political affiliations and ideologies tend to be diverse within any community, and it is likely that Wisbech, like many other towns, has a mix of political perspectives. To understand the political leanings of individuals in Wisbech, it would be necessary to consider local election results, polling data, and the views of residents through surveys or interviews."

This answer seems to indicate that AI doesn't know its backside from a hole in the ground.

It was not careless. It was a lie and mis information. Where are the "fact checkers" now.