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The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Opinions and beliefs are not facts.
This should go without saying but in 21st century America, people conflate them. Opinions are presented as fact.
Which is exactly what this book is all about. The author is a lawyer and congressman with no experience in the medical field or public health. He's on record as being against all vaccines, not just the Covid-19 vaccine, because he thinks they cause autism and various other common illnesses. The one study that showed a correlation between vaccines and autism has been discredited over and over again, and the doctor who performed the study has been stripped of his medical license. Anyone who still believes it does so out of willful ignorance.
So, on to this book - RFK Jr is extremely persuasive, which partly explains why people love this book so much. His writing style uses conjecture and suggestions to lead the reader to the conclusion he wants them to draw. A cursory glance at the author's sources proves that none of what he says is true. He uses information from his own anti-vax organization, which is just more of his opinions, to prove that the Covid vaccine is poison. He uses news stories and statements from early 2020, before Covid really appeared in the US, to prove that Fauci is lying. In reality, the statements changed as scientists and public health experts learned more about the virus, its effects, how it's transmitted, etc. Science isn't static. If it was we'd still think that disease is caused by ill humours and the galaxy revolves around Earth.
It really doesn't take an academic or investigative journalist to look at the information presented and draw the conclusion that the author is full of crap. People take his word as gospel because they want to, not because it makes any sense or has any basis in fact.
This should go without saying but in 21st century America, people conflate them. Opinions are presented as fact.
Which is exactly what this book is all about. The author is a lawyer and congressman with no experience in the medical field or public health. He's on record as being against all vaccines, not just the Covid-19 vaccine, because he thinks they cause autism and various other common illnesses. The one study that showed a correlation between vaccines and autism has been discredited over and over again, and the doctor who performed the study has been stripped of his medical license. Anyone who still believes it does so out of willful ignorance.
So, on to this book - RFK Jr is extremely persuasive, which partly explains why people love this book so much. His writing style uses conjecture and suggestions to lead the reader to the conclusion he wants them to draw. A cursory glance at the author's sources proves that none of what he says is true. He uses information from his own anti-vax organization, which is just more of his opinions, to prove that the Covid vaccine is poison. He uses news stories and statements from early 2020, before Covid really appeared in the US, to prove that Fauci is lying. In reality, the statements changed as scientists and public health experts learned more about the virus, its effects, how it's transmitted, etc. Science isn't static. If it was we'd still think that disease is caused by ill humours and the galaxy revolves around Earth.
It really doesn't take an academic or investigative journalist to look at the information presented and draw the conclusion that the author is full of crap. People take his word as gospel because they want to, not because it makes any sense or has any basis in fact.