They happen to be anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists. Sky News: A vaccine may be with us, but it comes with a flare-up in the age-old struggle with anti-vaxxers whose damaging narratives appear to be growing in strength.īrian Williams: You’re about to hear from a doctor and a nurse, medical professionals who have had contact with patients. Simone Gold: We don’t need the CEOs of big companies forcing experimental biological agents on anyone. We’ve heard a lot about covid deniers: people who think the pandemic is fake, or that covid isn’t a big deal, or that the vaccines that are saving literally thousands of lives are actually “biological agents” - or something? In the past year, there’s been something missing from coverage of the coronavirus pandemic - a hole at the center of the story. Nausicaa Renner: I’m Nausicaa Renner, Washington editor with The Intercept.
The data Lee received not only shows how profitable the operation is, but also how wide the falsehoods pushed by this organization have spread. At the heart of it is America’s Frontline Doctors, a group of far-right doctors led anti-vaccine physician Simone Gold that promotes and prescribes unproven medications like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. Lee, who received a trove of records from an anonymous hacker, was able to break down the complex network of organizations and companies involved in the operation. by promoting, prescribing, and selling unproven and ineffective medications for Covid-19. This week on Intercepted: Nausicaa Renner, The Intercept’s Washington editor, and Micah Lee, director of information security for The Intercept, discuss how a network of right-wing health care companies have been charging millions from people around the U.S. As the national push to vaccinate people against Covid-19 continues, hundreds of thousands of hacked documents show how a group of doctors is explicitly pushing unproven and potentially dangerous alternatives on people hesitant to follow public health authorities’ recommendations to get vaccinated, wear a mask, and socially distance.
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