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The Snake Oil Salesman

JAN 17, 202431 MIN
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The Snake Oil Salesman

JAN 17, 202431 MIN

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Before a COVID vaccine had even been announced, prominent anti-vaxxers were working on a plan to discredit it. It's unclear whether their plans were driven by greed or by ideology, but one thing is clear: there's big money in espousing conspiracy theories.

And a doctor who lost his medical licence for spreading COVID misinformation tells his side of the story. Could the line between truth and fiction be a little blurrier than we initially thought?

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