Thread by @PeterHotez

The use of “scamdemic” not an accident, it was part of a deliberate Antiscience disinformation campaign led by White House CoV TF to downplay severity of epidemic, attribute #COVID19 deaths to other causes, promote fake herd immunity, dismiss masks, I saw it unfold in May-June

https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1327488949925908486

I remember when I first put it all together that this was a systematic coordinated Antiscience disinformation initiative, unfortunately because I’m the lead target 🎯 of the US antivaccine movement (RFK Jr publicly designated me the “OG Villain”) I’ve had to become an expert

For that reason I had to identify and call it out. The Trump White House, the CoV Task Force, and later Atlas put me in a difficult position: In order to defend science and scientists and save lives, I had to rise up against it all. Going toe to toe with those guys was not fun

Ultimately the Antiscience disinformation was responsible for the loss of tens of thousands of American lives, it also discredited the POTUS and the White House and was probably an important factor in his losing the 2020 election.

Going up against the White House CoV Task Force and dismantling its Antiscience disinformation empire was something I had to do, but it brought me to some dark and scary places I never dreamed existed in America. I’m still horrified, and convinced it’s not over. That was Round 1