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Anthony Fauci is an american physician-scientist and immunologist who serves as the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical advisor to the president – Wikipedia
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross, who’s off this week. Crowds at rallies for President Trump, when they happen, always include some people wearing T-shirts or holding placards featuring the letter Q. They’re adherents of QAnon, a conspiracy theory that holds …
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As the world continues to battle the coronavirus, it is also fighting a different sort of epidemic: misinformation. This “infodemic” is just as harmful as COVID-19 itself, leading people to downplay the severity of the disease and ignore public health advice in favor of unproved treatments or …
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A few days ago I was playing dentist with my 4-year-old niece Avie and her doll Lola — a rigid rubbery thing with a locked jaw from which protruded two small front teeth. As Lola’s mother, Avie insisted that I give Lola a thorough exam. Dutifully, I complied, pretending to examine the doll’s mouth. …
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Think before you click. People who get their news from social-media platforms like Facebook FB, +1.80% and Twitter TWTR, +4.94% are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19, according to new study led by researchers at McGill University in Montreal. “Those that consume more traditional …
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At least 14 Republican candidates with links to QAnon have made their way into runoffs or onto the ballot this November. QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory and loosely organized network centered around the belief that the U.S. is controlled by a cabal of child sex trafficking, Democratic elites …
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: Docs Fight Back Against Conspiracy Theories Last week, a self-branded collection of …
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By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post QAnon supporters wait for a military flyover at the World War II Memorial during Fourth of July celebrations in Washington. This story was featured in Drop Me The Link, our one-story election newsletter. Sign up to get it in your …
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Claim: Viral text accurately outlines how biotechnology company Moderna is linked to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros, and Jeffrey Epstein. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. Find out what we’ve …
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Andrew Wakefield was disgraced after falsely linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism: “If we do have a [COVID-19] vaccine and people don’t take it because they’ve been corrupted, … a lot of people are going to get hurt,” says Scott Z. Burns. Despite chilling similarities between …
Read MoreUpdated July 31, 2020 at 11:33 AMMore than 200 people gathered at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to protest the face mask mandate that multiple counties are under in the state. (Photo: Megan Jelinger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)When Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican who has …
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