DeSantis Is Slamming Covid Vaccines. Here’s Why.
Mother Jones illustration; Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It wasn’t so long ago that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was publicly singing the praises of Covid vaccines. “If you are vaccinated—fully vaccinated—the chance of you getting seriously ill or dying…
How Dr. Oz Boosted an Osteopath Who Became a Top Spreader of Covid Misinformation
Dr. Mehmet Oz and osteopathic physician Joseph Mercola.Mother Jones illustration; Eren Abdullahoglu/Depo Photos/Zuma; FX Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In February 2021, as the new vaccines that would tame the Covid pandemic were being released to the general public, an article sourced to an…
CDC Loosens Requirements on Masking in Health Care Settings
Utrecht/Action Press/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention quietly updated its masking policy and removed its recommendation for universal masking in health care settings, The Hill reports. The new guidelines say that health care facilities in…
Pete Buttigieg to Airlines: “You’ve Got to Support Passengers”
Travelers arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) on July 3, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. Hundreds of flights were canceled across the US ahead of July Fourth weekend.John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Department of Transportation says that airlines must…
A Plane of Monkeys, a Pandemic, and a Botched Deal: Inside the Science Crisis You’ve Never Heard Of
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On May 15, 2020, a US-bound cargo plane was scheduled to depart Mauritius, an island about the size of Maui that’s just east of Madagascar. There were four key things I knew about the flight: It…
Insurrectionist Anti-Vaxx Doctor Simone Gold Was Just Sentenced to 60 Days in Prison
Dr. Simone Gold, founder of the anti-vaccine group America’s Frontline Doctors, speaks at an event in Jenks, Okla., on June 30, 2021. John Clanton/Tulsa World via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.For most of the past year, Simone Gold, a…