Science Magazine: Fact-checking Judy Mikovits

[William Seger]

...the controversial virologist attacking Anthony Fauci in a viral conspiracy video

In a video that has exploded on social media in the past few days, virologist Judy Mikovits claims the new coronavirus is being wrongly blamed for many deaths. She makes head-scratching assertions about the virus—for instance, that it is “activated” by face masks.

Mikovits also accuses Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a prominent member of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, of being responsible for the deaths of millions during the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The video claims Mikovits was part of the team that discovered HIV, revolutionized HIV treatment, and was jailed without charges for her scientific positions.

Science fact-checked the video. None of these claims are true. The video is an excerpt from a forthcoming movie Plandemic, which promises to “expose the scientific and political elite who run the scam that is our global health system.” YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms have taken down the video because of inaccuracies. It keeps resurfacing, including on the Plandemic website, which, in “an effort to bypass the gatekeepers of free speech,” invites people to download the video and repost it.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/fact-checking-judy-mikovits-controversial-virologist-attacking-anthony-fauci-viral

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Ridiculous that in 21st century such lack of critical thinking that shitty videos goe viral. . . nt

[SoonerPride]

2. Pushed into the forefront by Russia, no doubt

Always causing trouble and trying to tear our society apart.

[gratuitous]

3. "Controversial" virologist

'Scuse me, Science magazine, but you spelled "quack" all wrong.

[SoonerPride]

4. This! People are way too gentle in addressing bullshit.

Controversial?

She is a stone cold fuckwit lying piece of shit. Full stop.

I wish the serious press weren't so genteel.