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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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