The Mercury Rising Misinformation Machine

We Can't Let People Tell Lies Who Claim to Be Experts. We Will Die If We Do.

Some days, scrolling through social media feels like watching a slow-motion car crash in a hall of mirrors—everything's distorted, nothing makes sense, and you can't look away.

Yesterday was one of those days.

I was lurking in one of my Public Health Groups—because apparently I enjoy digital masochism—when Gary Kreps, a college professor with the audacity to believe in actual science, posted this inflammatory bit of truth-telling:

"Dangerously, RFK Jr.'s new federal vaccine advisory panel just set national vaccine policy based on anti-vax conspiracy theory rather than strong research evidence! We must remove RFK Jr. now! CDC panel targets flu shot ingredient blasted by anti-vaccine activists"

Enter Daria, stage left, wielding her keyboard like a sword of righteous indignation.