Challenges in Peer Review and the Spread of Misinformation in Scientific Research

What was missing from America's pandemic response? According to the internet, a sunshine vitamin, a malaria treatment and a whole lot of horse paste.

Thanks to Health Nerd (Substack) for helping us fact-check this episode! And thanks to Abby Mahler (Twitter,  Tiktok) for help with the research on hydroxychloroquine!

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Links:

• How Musk Sold MAGA on HCQ 
• Prominent Anti-Vaxxer’s Snake Oil Store Has a Propaganda Outlet
• Nine COVID-19 Myths That Just Won’t Go Away 
• Disinformation and coronavirus     
• COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Discussion on Twitter   
• Pain in the Nation 
• Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? 
• Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. 
• Vaccines vs. vitamins: COVID misinformation roils the worlds of wellness and nutrition  
• A Decisive Verdict on Vitamin D Supplementation  
• Why were Twitter Users Obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?  
• Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It 
• The Truth about Vitamin D and COVID-19 
• The Strange and Twisted Tale of Hydroxychloroquine 
• Is Ivermectin for Covid-19 Based on Fraudulent Research?   

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