August 04, 2021

The Dirty Dozen: Medical Misinformation Miscreants

52 minutes

EPISODE 38 | The Dirty Dozen: Medical Misinformation Miscreants

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Just 12 people are responsible for the vast bulk of misinformation about COVID vaccines on social media. 12. Are they cuckoo banana pants true believers or just modern day snake oil hucksters endangering people to make a buck? We'll take a look at this dirty dozen and see what they say and speculate as to why they say those things.

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SECTIONS

02:15 - Pooping in our Rice Krispies

03:21 - 1. The Big Cheese - Joseph Mercola

10:26 - 2. Oh, Junior! - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

15:12 - 3. The Terrible Twofer - Ty & Charlene Bollinger

19:53 - 4. A Dime in the Dozen - Sherri Tenpenny

23:52 - 5. Straight Outta Compton - Rizza (Ronnie) Islam

27:37 - 6. Testing His Metal - Rashid Buttar

31:01 - 7. In It Together - Erin Elizabeth (Finn)

33:17 - 8. I'll Raise You 200 - (Ali Zeck) Sayer Ji

37:04 - 9. If It Walks Like a Quack - Kelly Brogan "M.D."

40:56 - 10. Hearts in Atlantis - Christiane Northrup

47:22 - 11. Paging Dr. Hitler - Ben Tapper

49:10 - 12. Junior's Jr. - Kevin Jenkins

Music by Fanette Ronjat

LAPSUS LINGUAE: I keep calling Charlene Bollinger "Charlane" for some reason. I must have been thinking of the word "charlatan".

More on this stuff:

CCDH - Center for Countering Digital Hate

Stop the Spread of Misinformation online petition

The Disinformation Dozen report

Disinformation Dozen: The Sequel report

Pandemic Profiteers report

The Anti-Vaxx Playbook

Quackwatch

Fraudulent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Products - an ongoing database from the USFDA

When bad science is a recipe for business success on .coda

Spreading Vaccine Fears. And Cashing In. on the Center for Public Integrity

Osteopathic Oath (note paragraph two especially)

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows on NPR

Who are the ‘super-spreaders’ of medical misinformation, and how do their hoaxes spread so quickly on social media? A graphic guide. on the Globe & Mail

Debunking the Disinformation Dozen playlist on the Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson YouTube channel (very worthwhile!)

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