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Today is Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.

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Kara Santa Maria. Howdy. Jay Novella. Hey, this week or Bob Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria.

Howdy. Jay Novella. Hey, guys. And Evan Bernstein. Good afternoon, everyone. So, Jay, any update on the moon landing hoax conspiracy, Connecticut middle school teacher? Well, I did have a, you know, like a 45-minute discussion with the principal and my wife. This was like a big, I don't know, it was like big indicator, I guess, the way I was looking at it.

Like... know, like a 45-minute discussion with the principal and my wife. This was like a big, I don't know, it was like big indicator, I guess, the way I was looking at it, like what was the attitude going to be, what was the, you know, what was being

communicated. I'd say in general it went, it went very well. You have to understand there's a lot

of HR type of communicating involved in meetings like this because, of course, the principal is a very high level employee that works for the town.

So I didn't expect her to be off the cuff and be like, you know, having big reactions to things and all that.

But it was very, very plainly stated that they're taking it very seriously,

like they're, they are aware of the weight and gravity of the situation. You know, I made,

made sure that we discussed the idea of the misinformation being corrected. And then I offered,

you know, my, my services, and I included mentioning Stephen on that. Like, you know, I have resources that can come in. You know, we were very well acquainted talking to children and that we could give, you know, we could, you know, we could make a correction for the entire class all at once if you want. You know, it would be a very, very easy thing to do. And it would be very entertaining for the kids, blah, blah, blah, she didn't dismiss it, you know, but who knows if they actually took that seriously. And, you know, I think overall, you know, they, it was communicated that she really couldn't talk about the, the individual and like what their specific outcome might be, you know, like, what would the town actually do? They didn't want to get

into that because I guess there's privacy things and all that. And I, you know, and I just said, well, look, in general, you know, we just want to know, we want to know what the ultimate outcome is. We don't need details. Like, for example, if there was going to be any changes to who, of course, who my daughter's teacher is, or if she's not going to be

in that class anymore, or ultimately, if the person loses their job, of course want to know

about that.

I'm not looking at it as just as class, right?

It's what happened last week?

What happened two months ago?

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