New Ageism, Polarization & Anti-Vax Fascism

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Politico recently admonished Dr. Anthony Fauci for his choice not to appear on Fox News, saying it deprived Fox viewers of “the Biden administration’s most public-facing figure in the effort to contain Covid-19.” But an appearance by one credible public health communicator wouldn’t be able to correct the imbalance of the network’s concerted effort to serially misinform its viewers about the pandemic.  Fox has repeatedly villainized Fauci, instead hosting a parade of dubious medical guests to justify the network’s skewed political narrative by spreading false or misleading statements to viewers. And because many in Fox’s guest lineup hold an advanced degree in public health or medicine, their willingness to lend credibility to the spread of misinformation is even more dangerous.  With the help of its rotating roster of supposed medical experts, Fox News turned vaccine passports and mandates into culture war battles because it’s “great for ratings.” According to a Media Matters study, Fox News undermined vaccines nearly every day over a six-month period. (Ironically, Fox’s own vaccine and testing policies are more stringent than those put forward by the Biden administration.)  Guests and hosts on Fox also spread many questionable “miracle cures” for COVID-19, including bear bile, vaping, and sunlight. Notably, Fox helped fan the flames of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin misinformation, leading to shortages of these medications which are crucial for treating other ailments.  These kinds of public health misinformation are deadly, especially when it comes from people who should know better. The frequent bad actors listed below each have a history of spreading misleading and false medical advice on Fox News, which gives these medical misinformers a huge platform to spread that bad advice to its viewers. Here are the top 10 most frequent medical guests on Fox News in 2021:

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Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal

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Increasingly, the antivaccine movement has become allied with fascism, including openly fascist groups marching in their rallies. Why?

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrWilsonDebunks Here is how you can contact me directly and I will be glad to respond to you when I can: Email: dr.wilson.debunk@gmail.com Facebook (direct message): https://www.facebook.com/DocWilsonDebunks/ Europe excess deaths and COVID vaccination rates: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10357837/pdf/fimmu-14-1151311.pdf COVID vaccines and all-cause mortality: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9763207/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9319484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10043280/ Excess deaths vs. confirmed COVID deaths: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-daily-economist-single-entity NHS emergency crisis led to excess deaths: https://www.ft.com/content/f36c5daa-9c14-4a92-9136-19b26508b9d2 Extended lockdowns increased alcohol abuse: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8183243/ How lockdowns should be used: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19 COVID mRNA vaccine phase 1-3 clinical trials: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2022483 Myocarditis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24001270?via%3Dihub https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00059-5/fulltext#tbl1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-023-00681-3 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35442390/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2793551 https://www.cmaj.ca/content/194/45/E1529 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e5.htm https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2780548 https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000373 Children are not at no risk from COVID: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-08-30/06-COVID-Rosenblum-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7003e1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7116e1.htm https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-on-Ages-0-18-Yea/nr4s-juj3/about_data How COVID vaccines still worked against omicron: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04778-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04527-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04460-3 List of essential medications: https://www.fda.gov/media/143406/download?attachment CDC 2024 Vaccination schedule: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/index.html We don’t give too many vaccines too soon: https://vaxopedia.org/2016/09/04/too-many-too-soon/ Smallpox vaccine mandates: https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-supreme-court Some vaccine mandates are good: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002578 Yes…mRNA vaccines are vaccines: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.abl5344 https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abm0829 The real process of science: https://undsci.berkeley.edu/understanding-science-101/how-science-works/the-real-process-of-science/ Long term effects of vaccines: https://www.chop.edu/news/long-term-side-effects-covid-19-vaccine Examples of vaccine safety reporting from around the world: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8721273/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00057-8/fulltext https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccine-safety/archive/2022-01-28/summary.html Meting slides discussing VAERS results and follow-up: https://www.fda.gov/media/159007/download How a study of VAERS should be done: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00054-8/fulltext