Exercise #1:
Dr. Peter McCullough was the vice chief of internal medicine at Baylor University Medical Center. He was also a professor at Texas A&M University. He is most recently known for spreading misinformation about the Corona Virus and treatments for it. Since he is a cardiologists and previously well respected and accomplished physician he seems like a person the public should be able to trust. That seems to no longer be the case. One drug that Dr. McCullough advised the public to use as a Covid-19 treatment was ivermectin. The CDC and FDA then advised the public to not use this drug and that it has no effect on the coronavirus. He also promotes hydroxychloroquine and advises against that vaccine. California physician, Dr. Nick Sawyer, reports that he sees patients coming into the Emergency Room sick with Covid-19 because they are taking medications that Dr. Peter McCullough advises. These medications have been shown to not help. He also published an article titled “Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection” in the American Journal of Medicine. This article dictates the drugs he believes are treatments for the Covid-19. In addition, Dr. McCullough dedicated the last three years to academic and clinical efforts in combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Dr. Peter McCollough was also featured in an interview with Joe Rogan. There is talk about how the pandemic was premeditated. He says this was laid out at Johns Hopkins Spars Pandemic Training seminar. He reports that they wanted confusion amongst populations and that it was all intended.
Questions for Dr. Peter McCullough:
- Why did you believe that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin could be a treatment for the coronavirus?
- Since you are a cardiologist have you found any supporting evidence that the vaccine can negatively affect a recipient’s heart?
- After spending many years researching this pandemic and virus, why do you believe that there is so much negative information about you on the internet?
Exercise #2
- ABC News (Website)
- Fox News
- CNN
- The New Yorker
- The New York TImes
- The Washington Post
Based on this graph I am able to come to the conclusion that I most frequently use sources that are in the middle or tend to lean towards the left. It seems like I do not view any sources that lean towards the right. This may be something that I should look for in the future to make sure I am not receiving any Fake News and that I am able to look at both sides of the political scale and come to an informed conclusion and opinion.
Exercise #3
The article “Science audiences, misinformation, and fake news” by Dietram A. Scheufele and Nicole M. Krausea talks about the fake news that is out there for the public to read. This information hurts the public. They state that one trigger for this fake news could be a lack of understanding of basic science. This especially holds true for the corona virus and all the fake news out there about the vaccine. Another threat they talk about is that people pick what they want to believe and then decide that is the truth that they want to believe without looking at all the facts out there. The public only looks at sources from one side of the political spectrum and then decides that is the whole truth when it is not. In addition, the most challenging aspect to fake news and why no one can combat it is due to citizens’ inability to recognize misinformation. They are blinded by their own views. This poses a major problem for the public and our well being.
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