![]() Since the onset of the pandemic, misinformation has been widespread on social media platforms. He said via email that “the science is clear and anyone who contests it, has a suspect agenda at best and/or lacks a moral compass.” Buttar defended his stance that COVID-19 was planned and that those who got vaccinated would die. ![]() Mercola offered documents that he claimed rebutted criticisms of hydrogen peroxide treatment and took issue with the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s methodology. Two of the doctors that we’re naming in this article responded to requests for comment. Immanuel’s website currently promotes a set of vitamins, as well as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, as covid treatments. Stella Immanuel, a member of America’s Frontline Doctors, a group that has consistently made false statements about the virus, said in a video that went viral in July 2020 that masks weren’t necessary because the virus could be cured by hydroxychloroquine. PolitiFact rated his claim “Pants on Fire” false.ĭr. Dan Stock claimed the surge in cases this summer was due to “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from vaccinated people. By combing through published fact checks and other news coverage, KHN identified 20 other doctors who made false or misleading claims about the coronavirus but have had no action taken against their medical licenses.įor example, at an Indiana school board meeting in August, Dr. LaRouche PAC has been described by The New York Times as a “cultlike political organization.The super-spreaders identified by the center’s report are not alone. ![]() The website of the group states that “so challenged were the global elites by LaRouche’s ideas and his political organizing, that he was framed up and thrown in prison for five years (1989-1994), by the very same intelligence and judicial networks that have waged the coup against Donald Trump, a coup which denied him his duly-elected second term.” LaRouche PAC is named after the perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, a conspiracy theorist and anti-Semite. Another co-sponsor of the event, LaRouche PAC, also tabled at the event and handed out literature. The event was co-sponsored by the MSU College Republicans, the James Madison College Conservatives, the Convention of States, the Leadership Institute and Michigan for Vaccine Choice and James Madison College. In the case that someone who is vaccinated does contract COVID-19, they are less likely to be hospitalized or to die as a result. Someone could gain some level of antibodies from COVID, but according to the CDC, it depends on the severity of the illness in a person.ĬOVID-19 vaccines, on the other hand, have been proven to be safe and reliable for protecting people from contracting the disease. This is why Martin said she did not get the booster shot, despite MSU mandating it.Ītlas’s presentation was titled “The SARS2 Pandemic: Will Truth Prevail?” Three speakers opened the event: Turning Point's senior field representative Chris Howse, a representative from the MIGOP Election Protection team and James Madison sophomore Joe Rajcevski.īiological immunity, more commonly referred to as natural immunity, is the belief that getting COVID-19 once gives you immunity from receiving it again. Martin, who is vaccinated, said that she would not have gotten the vaccine if she had the information she had now about vaccinations. ![]() He is a radiologist and health care policy advisor but does not hold any specializations in public health or infectious diseases.ĭespite all this, Atlas has been going on a speaking tour to college campuses across the country, telling people inaccurate information about COVID-19, including a stop on March 21 to crowd at The University of Texas at Austin.Ītlas’s speech was organized by Turning Point USA’s MSU chapter.Ĭriminal justice sophomore and MSU Turning Point President Caity Martin said Atlas was the right person to have at MSU because he has a high profile. Atlas is a senior fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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