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Excessively direct virologist. PI @VIDOInterVac. Affiliate @georgetown_ghss. Virus-host dramatics. 1X Jeopardy! loser. 🇺🇸in 🇨🇦. Rep: @anniescranton. she/her

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    1. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      Here's a supercut of Alex saying that masks don't work. Maybe he gets a break for saying this once. Science changes with the evidence. But Alex makes a grand tour of multiple Fox News shows over months, repeating this despite mounting evidence.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBMDSl6nVHw#action=share …

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    2. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      What evidence is there? Here's the CDC's list of peer-reviewed studies supporting mask use.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover-guidance.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprevent-getting-sick%2Fcloth-face-cover.html#recent-studies …

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    3. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      Here's a big old WHO-funded systematic review in Lancet from June showing that mask efficacy depends on study design and mask composition, but the bottom line is that masks and distancing works. Since this came out, Alex repeatedly said masks don't work.https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext …

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    4. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      What is it called when someone repeats something that they know is demonstrably untrue? Oh, right. That's called a Iie.

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    5. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      Here he tells Tucker Carlson that "PCR tests are almost manipulated to come back positive most of the time." Nope. Cycle thresholds from PCR tests quantify viral RNA. These tests are very sensitive & high Ct values don't equal infectious virus. https://video.foxnews.com/v/6188609305001 

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    6. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      However, just because high Ct values (meaning low viral RNA) don't indicate a person is shedding infectious virus and therefore not contagious doesn't mean that tests are "almost manipulated." They still are important diagnostic tools, they just have limitations, like all assays.

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    7. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      The NY Times piece he's referring to, in which I was quoted, covers how PCR tests work in detail and discusses the utility of less sensitive rapid tests. He praised the article so I assume he read it & knows full well that PCR tests are not "manipulated".https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html …

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    8. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      Here's a fun clip in which Alex parrots the lie that COVID-19 death counts are grossly overestimated, saying that "many if not most of those deaths occurred in extremely sick people who may have died ‘with’ rather than ‘from’ COVID-19."https://www.foxnews.com/media/alex-berenson-medias-focus-on-covid-death-count-designed-to-spread-panic-make-virus-seem-more-dangerous-than-it-is …

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    9. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      This fallacy is based on a willful misunderstanding of how excess deaths are reported and how death certificates are filled out. Pre-existing conditions impact COVID-19 severity, so...yeah, a lot of people who die from COVID-19 have other maladies. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm …

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    10. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      COVID-19 makes these conditions worse. So let's say someone dies of COVID-19 "with" renal failure and diabetes. Sure, maybe they died because their kidneys failed, but their kidneys would not have failed if they didn't get COVID-19 also!

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      Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

      So either Alex is fundamentally stupid or he's intentionally presenting this in a misleading way, which is a type of lie. Alex, I'll gladly retract my statement about lying about this if you prefer to admit that you are an idiot outside of your depth.

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        2. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          And one of Alex's favorite talking points is that LOCKDOWNS KILL by what he calls iatrogenic deaths ("iatrogenic"=caused by medical intervention). Here he is attributing lockdowns to an increase in homicides:https://www.foxnews.com/media/alex-berenson-raises-concern-for-surge-of-homicides-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-its-very-striking …

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        3. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          He claims here that lockdowns have caused nightmares, panic attacks, and agoraphobia.https://www.foxnews.com/health/alex-berenson-coronavirus-lockdowns-take-grim-toll-on-mental-health-of-americans …

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        4. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          And here Fox reports that he attributes a woman's suicide to lockdown-induced depression:https://www.foxnews.com/media/playboy-playmate-ashley-mattingly-death-coronavirus-lockdowns …

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        5. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          While this whole shitshow of a year has taken a major toll on mental health, have lockdowns themselves "killed" people? No. There haven't been lockdowns since April and May in many places. Homicide rates are still higher than before. The mental health epidemic continues.

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        6. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          But you know what IS a leading cause of death in the US? (SPOILER: it's not "iatrogenic" deaths) 1. Heart disease 2. Cancer 3. COVID-19https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/22/911934489/enormous-and-tragic-u-s-has-lost-more-than-200-000-people-to-covid-19 …

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        7. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          I'd expect this level of insightful epidemiologic analysis from someone who wrote a book claiming that cannabis causes violence & school shootings. Last summer, he appeared on his favorite network to help Tucker argue that exact point:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tucker-carlson-tries-blame-marijuana-173835332.html …

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        8. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          And on the topic of cannabis and COVID-19, here's Alex flexing some more of his stunning epidemiological "hypothesis-generating" insight back in March. LMAOpic.twitter.com/L1H7qgaXJi

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        9. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          Finally, as we move into flu season, what does Alex have to say about that? You guessed it: he thinks COVID mortality isn't much worse than seasonal influenza!https://www.foxnews.com/media/alex-berenson-worldwide-coronavirus-bad-flu-year …

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        10. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          How many people died from influenza last year in the US? Last year, ~35,000 people died of flu according to the CDC. 200,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19. Alex either doesn't understand how numbers work or he's LYING. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html …

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        11. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          So no, I'm not going to withdraw my statement that he's made false claims on national television. He has made false claims, otherwise known as telling lies, and it isn't libelous to say so, whether I have 10 followers or 10 million.

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        12. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          Alex built his 200K+ follower platform by attacking multiple colleagues and intentionally spreading misinformation that could literally get people killed. If he wants to send your troll followers my way to harass me, be my guest. I can block and report all weekend.

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        13. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          So, no, I won't retract comments about Alex making demonstrably untrue statements, aka lies, on national TV, because he has done so in the past and does to this day. Fuck off, Alex. You're a troll, a pest, a thirsty incompetent fool, a menace to public health, and a LIAR.

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        14. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          ADDENDUM: relevant legal finding on one of Alex's favorite shows. "This 'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that he is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses." So...everyone knows Tucker's show is devoted to lying.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/judge-rules-fox-news-tucker-carlson-not-source-of-news-defamation-suit-mcdougal-trump.html …

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        15. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 25 Sep 2020

          Lest the ruling judge be accused of liberal bias against Tucker...he was being sued for defamation: "The federal judge, Mary Kay Vyskocil, who herself was appointed to the federal bench by Trump nine months ago, dismissed the case, citing Carlson’s First Amendment protections."

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