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Nevilledog

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:09 AM Oct 2021

They take an oath to do no harm, but these doctors are spreading misinformation about the Covid vacc



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They take an oath to do no harm, but these doctors are spreading misinformation about the Covid...
They take an oath to do no harm, but these doctors are spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccine.
cnn.com
7:56 PM · Oct 19, 2021



https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/19/us/doctors-covid-vaccine-misinformation-invs/index.html

(CNN) — She was a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show -- an Ivy League-educated OB-GYN who often spoke about women's health and holistic medicine.

She was a media darling, and in 2013 made Reader's Digest's annual list of 100 most trusted people in America. If you go to Dr. Christiane Northrup's Facebook page, her posts dispensing advice on health and aging to her 558,000 followers seem consistent with that persona of several years ago.

But Northrup also uses her Facebook page to direct followers to Telegram, where another side of her is apparent. Here, on this platform with lax moderation, lies a miasma of misinformation and conspiracy theories.

"Best Explanation I've Seen About Why the Covid Jabs Are Killer Shots," reads one post that she shared.

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They take an oath to do no harm, but these doctors are spreading misinformation about the Covid vacc (Original Post) Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP
"If Covid is so dangerous, we'd be seeing people die left and right," Bukacek said. tanyev Oct 2021 #1
Bukakke is an idiot. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #2
Wow, that yellow poster board is straight up Orwell. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #3

tanyev

(42,552 posts)
1. "If Covid is so dangerous, we'd be seeing people die left and right," Bukacek said.
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:06 PM
Oct 2021

Um, that's exactly what we're seeing.

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