As an infectious disease epidemiologist and research fellow at Boston’s Children’s Hospital who debunks health misinformation on Instagram —where she has more than 380,000 followers — Jessica Malaty Rivera regularly receives tips from her followers about viral content to debunk. A few weeks ago, her followers started sending her a …
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The disinformation network known as Fox News recently told its viewers that Dr. Anthony Fauci is the “guy who created covid” after, mere days earlier, another host said the White House’s chief medical adviser had been unfairly “vilified” and treated as though he’s “Lex Luthor.” On Wednesday, Fox’s Tucker Carlson …
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This week CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said adult deaths from Covid-19 are “at this point entirely preventable” due to the effectiveness of vaccines. And a new analysis from the AP confirms what Walensky said. According to the analysis of government data from May, released on Thursday, out of the …
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A little over one year ago, the nation’s top public health official Dr. Anthony Fauci, correctly stated “I mean that’s totally way out,” when asked about recent comments from Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson. Today, we are sad to report, the doctor is still correct. During a Thursday interview with …
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