Podcast host Joe Rogan and conservative commentators have amplified an image that appears to show a doctor from the US state of Florida tweeting that she would not regret getting the Covid-19 vaccine 'even if it turns out I injected actual poison.' But the supposed post is fabricated; the physician confirmed to AFP that she did not author it, and Rogan has since acknowledged the error.
he saw the image elsewhere on the web. His post has since been deleted."Then Joe Rogan takes unconfirmed tweet from a white nationalist, and puts the whole podcast about vaccines," Solenkova said."And 11 minutes, he's butchering my name. He's showing my face. He didn't reach out to me."
Solenkova, who like many doctors gained thousands of Twitter followers over the course of the pandemic, said harassment flooded her inboxes on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. She was overwhelmed by messages calling for her to lose her job and medical license. Some falsely accused her of deleting the alleged tweet.
Solenkova said she worries about the fake post becoming a mainstay of Google searches for her name or forming the basis of complaints to medical boards. "This is the number one podcast in the world. He spent 11 and a half minutes talking about her, disparaging her, and he didn't take five seconds to verify any of it," said Daniel Uhlfelder, Solenkova's attorney and a
for Florida attorney general."This is a physician who has been accused of referring to vaccines as poison. You can't overstate the negative impact that this could have."Rogan a pre-suit cease letter demanding the withdrawal of his statements about Solenkova and an apology.
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