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Coronapod: the COVID scientists facing violent threats

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What's Happened to the Scientists?

Scientist tara kirk received an email saying she should be executed. She immediately reported it to john hopkins centre for health security in the united states. Scientists who said that they experienced the highest frequency of trolling and personal attacks. Even your p h g students being attacked, so not just yourself. It's a sid effect that you should expect of your becoming such a public figure. But it's just not that easy. And i know that other people that bianca talked to were much more shocked and completely unprepared for what they walked into. An because you're talking about just vitriolic abuse,. emales a in some cases, parcels sent to your house. This is what science

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