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'''Judy Anne Mikovits''' is an American anti-vaccination activist and former medical researcher who claims that anti-flu vaccines contain coronavirus, and those vaccinated are at risk from [[COVID-19]]. She is highly critical of Dr [[Anthony Fauci]].<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/mikki.willis/videos/2769241289853478/ "Plandemic Part 1 (Dr Judy Mikovits)"]''</ref>
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'''Dr Judy Anne Mikovits''' is an American [[activist]], author and former medical [[researcher]] who claims that flu [[vaccines]] promote the spread of [[COVID-19]] and that American doctors are encouraged by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) to overcount coronavirus deaths across the [[US]].<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8YnrTms8R8 "Plandemic Part 1 (Dr Judy Mikovits)"]''</ref><ref>''[https://accountingweekly.com/us-hospitals-getting-paid-to-list-patients-as-covid-19/ "US hospitals getting paid to list patients as Covid-19"]''</ref> Dr Judy Markovits says the [[COVID-19/Lockdown|lockdown]] should be ended, the coronavirus vaccine program closed down, [[Deborah Birx]] and [[Robert Redfield]] fired from their jobs and, because [[Anthony Fauci]] authorised a $3.7 million grant to the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] [[biosafety level 4 laboratory]] to carry out gain of function studies, [[Anthony Fauci|Fauci]] should be held criminally responsible for the [[COVID-19/Pandemic]].<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZPrUb0AcKw "Former AIDS Scientist Judy Mikovits PhD EXPOSES Anthony Fauci, Dr Birx & UNCOVERS Medical Corruption"]''</ref>
  
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As research director of a [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS) research organisation [[Whittemore Peterson Institute]] (WPI) from 2006-2011, Dr Judy Mikovits led a research effort that reported in 2009 that a [[retrovirus]] known as [[xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus]] (XMRV) was associated with CFS and may have had a causal role.<ref>''[https://qz.com/595909/why-bad-science-wont-ever-die/ "Why bad science won’t ever die"]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/wxevj5/the-coronavirus-truthers-dont-believe-in-public-health "The Coronavirus Truthers Don't Believe in Public Health"]''</ref><ref>[https://vaxopedia.org/2018/12/08/who-is-judy-mikovits/ "Who Is Judy Mikovits?"]</ref> However, the research came under fire, leading to an eventual retraction on 22 December 2011, by the journal ''Science''.<ref>https://www.nature.com/news/2011/111005/full/news.2011.574.html</ref>
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[[image:Plandemic movie removed.jpg|left|345px|thumbnail|Judy Mikovits' trailer for ''[[Plandemic]]'', in which she exposes [[Anthony Fauci]], was removed from YouTube after a couple of days, but has spread to other sites such as [[AltCensored]]. The ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported on the 8 May that she "falsely claims that wealthy people intentionally spread the virus to increase vaccination rates and that wearing face masks is harmful."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/08/plandemic-judy-mikovits-coronavirus/</ref>]]
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In April 2020, Judy Markovits published ''Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science''.<ref>''[https://www.amazon.com/Plague-Corruption-Restoring-Promise-Science/dp/1510752242 "Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science"]''</ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Malkin Michelle Malkin] of the ''[[New York Times]]'' commented:
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:"[[Anthony Fauci]], [[Bill Gates]] and [[Big Pharma]] don't want you to read this book. Get 'Plague of Corruption' now and learn the truth about public health industrial complex's decades of research fraud and [[vaccine]] cover-ups."<ref>''[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/plague-of-corruption-by-dr-judy-mikovits-and-kent-heckenlively-with-a-foreword-by-robert-f-kennedy-jr-released-by-skyhorse-publishing-inc-301049841.html "'Plague of Corruption' by Dr Judy Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively, with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, released by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc."]''</ref>
  
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In October 2011, Mikovits was terminated by the WPI for refusing to turn over a cell line that was delivered to her laboratory by mistake, and subsequently came under investigation for alleged manipulation of data in her publications related to XMRV.<ref>''[http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-paper-10032011,0,6792877.story "Manipulation alleged in paper linking virus, chronic fatigue syndrome"]''</ref> On 18 November 2011, she was arrested in her Ventura County, California, home and jailed for 5 days.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-xpm-2011-11-22-ct-nw-chronic-fatigue-scientist-arrest-20111122-story.html</ref> Her lawyer said she was arrested on charges of theft brought by the WPI, but that the charges had no merit.<ref>''[http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/11/controversial-cfs-researcher-arr.html "Controversial CFS Researcher Arrested and Jailed"]''</ref> By 28 November after negotiations with the WPI, some lab notes were returned.<ref>''[http://www.rgj.com/article/20111128/NEWS/111280325/Missing-notebooks-returned-Reno-chronic-disease-lab "Missing notebooks returned to Reno chronic disease lab"]''</ref> Later, the criminal charges against her were dismissed by the Reno, Nevada, District Attorney's office.
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==Molecular virologist==
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In 1980, Mikovits was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a specialisation in biology at the [[University of Virginia]]. After graduation, she went to the [[National Cancer Institute]] in Frederick, [[Maryland]], where she developed purification methods for Interferon alpha. In 1986–1987, she started working at Upjohn Pharmaceuticals in Kalamazoo, Michigan, working to develop production methods to ensure biological materials manufactured using human blood products were free of contamination from [[HIV-1]]. In 1992 she completed a joint PhD program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at [[George Washington University]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180813065211/http://www.plaguethebook.com/judy-a.-mikovits--phd.html "Judy A. Mikovits, PhD"]</ref> Her PhD thesis was titled "Negative Regulation of HIV Expression in Monocytes." Mikovits was a postdoctoral scholar in molecular virology at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, under Dr David Derse.
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==Early career==
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Mikovits worked for Francis "Frank" Ruscetti at the [[National Cancer Institute]] in [[Maryland]] during the 1980s. She remained in his lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Her work with [[Frank Ruscetti]] included studies of several [[retrovirus]]es and their interactions with the immune system.<ref>''[http://rex.nci.nih.gov/RESEARCH/basic/llb/mikovits.htm "National Cancer Institute biography"]''</ref>
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In 1980, Mikovits was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a specialisation in biology at the [[University of Virginia]]. After graduation, she went to the [[National Cancer Institute]] at [[Fort Detrick]], [[Maryland]], where she developed purification methods for Interferon alpha. In 1986–1987, she started working at Upjohn Pharmaceuticals in Kalamazoo, Michigan, working to develop production methods to ensure biological materials manufactured using human blood products were free of contamination from [[HIV-1]]. In 1992 she completed a joint PhD program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at [[George Washington University]].<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180813065211/http://www.plaguethebook.com/judy-a.-mikovits--phd.html "Judy A. Mikovits, PhD"]''</ref> Her PhD thesis was titled "Negative Regulation of HIV Expression in Monocytes." Mikovits was a postdoctoral scholar in molecular virology at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, under Dr David Derse. She returned to [[Fort Detrick]] and worked with [[Frank Ruscetti|Francis "Frank" Ruscetti]] at the [[National Cancer Institute]] as a postdoctoral researcher and investigated [[retrovirus]]es and their interactions with the immune system until 2005.<ref>''[http://rex.nci.nih.gov/RESEARCH/basic/llb/mikovits.htm "National Cancer Institute biography"]''</ref>
  
 
==XMRV and CFS==
 
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[[Harvey Whittemore]] and his wife Annette were frustrated by lack of answers for CFS patients, including their daughter. In an effort to solve the CFS problem, they created the [[Whittemore Peterson Institute]] in 2005; Mikovits became the research director in 2006.<ref>''[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/giving/12SICK.html "A Big Splash From an Upstart Medical Center"]''</ref> Attempts to find a viral cause of CFS were unsuccessful.
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Dr Judy Mikovits was appointed Research Director of the [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS) research organisation [[Whittemore Peterson Institute]] (WPI) in 2006 and led a research effort that reported in 2009 that a [[retrovirus]] known as [[xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus]] (XMRV) was associated with [[CFS]] and may have had a causal role.<ref>''[https://qz.com/595909/why-bad-science-wont-ever-die/ "Why bad science won’t ever die"]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/wxevj5/the-coronavirus-truthers-dont-believe-in-public-health "The Coronavirus Truthers Don't Believe in Public Health"]''</ref><ref>''[https://vaxopedia.org/2018/12/08/who-is-judy-mikovits/ "Who Is Judy Mikovits?"]''</ref> However, the research came under fire, leading to her being fired by the [[WPI]] and an eventual retraction on 22 December 2011 by the journal ''Science''.<ref>''[https://www.nature.com/news/2011/111005/full/news.2011.574.html "Integrity issue follows fired researcher"]''</ref>
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In 2007, Mikovits met a co-discoverer of XMRV, Robert Silverman, at a conference. Silverman had found XMRV sequences, which are similar to mouse genomic sequences, in prostate cancer specimens several years earlier. Using tools obtained from Silverman, Mikovits began to look for XMRV in her CFS samples. In late 2008, a graduate student, who subsequently was hired as her technician, obtained two positive results from a group of twenty samples. He and Mikovits successively altered the experimental conditions until all samples gave a positive signal.
 
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In 2009, Mikovits and co-workers reported in the journal ''Science'' that they had detected XMRV [[DNA]] in CFS patients and control subjects. Negative results were published soon after, disputing Mikovits's findings. Silverman, who was a co-author of the original XMRV-CFS article, told the Chicago Tribune that he was "concerned about lab contamination, despite our best efforts to avoid it."<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-chronic-fatigue-xmrv-20110317,0,6116823.story "Research casts doubt on theory of cause of chronic fatigue"]</ref> The paper was ultimately retracted.
 
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Two of the original authors of this paper subsequently reanalyzed the samples used in the research and found that the samples were contaminated with XMRV plasmid DNA, leading them to publish a partial retraction of their original results. In December 2011 the editors of Science retracted the paper in its entirety.<ref>''[http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/12/updated-rare-move-science-without-authors-consent-retracts-paper-tied-mouse-virus "In a Rare Move, Science Without Authors' Consent Retracts Paper That Tied Mouse Virus to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"]''</ref><ref>''[https://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6063/1636.1 "Retraction"]''</ref>
 
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Mikovits was fired in September 2011 over concerns about her integrity.<ref>''[http://www.nature.com/articles/news.2011.574 "Integrity issue follows fired researcher"]''</ref>
 
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Lo and Alter, in their 2010 paper titled "Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors", stated "Although we find evidence of a broader group of MLV-related viruses, rather than just XMRV, in patients with CFS and healthy blood donors, our results clearly support the central argument by Lombardi et al. that MLV-related viruses are associated with CFS and are present in some blood donors." This paper was also later retracted by the authors.
 
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Mikovits and collaborators went on to participate, alongside two other research groups, in a larger 2012 study with 147 CFS patients and 146 controls. The study concluded that there was no evidence of XMRV or MLV infection in either group, a result that Mikovits said was "the definitive answer" on the issue.<ref>''[http://mbio.asm.org/content/3/5/e00266-12.abstract?sid=2c5ce94a-a8f4-404a-8e6e-6389779bb93e "New XMRV Studies Bring Closure--and Fresh Dispute"]''</ref>
 
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==Anti-vaccination activism and conspiracy theories==
 
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According to [[Snopes]], Mikovits has become a champion for believers in medical conspiracy theories, basing claims linking the XMRV to autism and cancer on other retracted papers, and claiming she had been jailed by the influence of the [[Deep state]] and [[Big Pharma]] for exposing the truth about vaccines. In reality, she was arrested on 18 November 2011, for allegedly stealing lab notebooks, a computer, and other material belonging to [[Whittemore Peterson Institute]] (WPI).ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scientist-vaccine-jailed</ref> She was held temporarily pursuant to that case. Subsequently, criminal charges brought against Mikovits by Washoe County, Nevada, were dismissed by the District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney in Reno, Nevada.<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150425023129/http://cfidsreport.com/images/Judy%20Mikovits%20Dismissal.pdf "Official Court Document"]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/06/criminal-charges-dropped-against-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-researcher-judy-mikovits "June 13 Criminal Charges Dropped Against Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Researcher Judy Mikovits"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-mikovits-charges-main-20120615,0,7187208.story/#.TvNtBjUS01I "June 15 Nevada drops charges against researcher Mikovits"]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/us/chronic-fatigue-researcher-wont-face-theft-charges.html "June 14 No Theft Charge for Chronic Fatigue Researcher]''</ref>
 
  
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Mikovits has spoken at a number of anti-vaccination events.<ref>''[https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/07/05/vaccine-skeptics-ventura-county-exemption-proposal/1578309001/ "New group of Ventura County vaccine skeptics take shots at exemption bill"]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-vaccine-education-summit-promises-anti-vax-propaganda-11362477 "Phoenix 'Vaccine Education Summit' Promises Anti-Vax Propaganda"]''</ref> She has claimed that retroviruses have contaminated 30% of vaccines.
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Dr Judy Mikovits and collaborators went on to participate, alongside two other research groups, in a larger 2012 study with 147 CFS patients and 146 controls. The study concluded that there was no evidence of XMRV or MLV infection in either group, a result that Mikovits said was "the definitive answer" on the issue.<ref>''[http://mbio.asm.org/content/3/5/e00266-12.abstract?sid=2c5ce94a-a8f4-404a-8e6e-6389779bb93e "New XMRV Studies Bring Closure--and Fresh Dispute"]''</ref>
  
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Mikovits has garnered criticism from scientists for stating that XMRV is a communicable infection which is "clearly circulating through the population, as is our fear and your fear". Virologist [[Vincent Racaniello]] that "is just inciting fear."<ref>''[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/rgj/access/1939980311.html "Reno researchers dispute British challenge to virus discovery"]''</ref> Mikovits showed slides at a conference linking XMRV to [[Parkinson's disease]], [[autism]] and [[multiple sclerosis]].  However, there is no published evidence that XMRV is associated with these diseases.
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==Anti-vaccination activism==
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According to [[Snopes]], Dr Judy Mikovits has become a champion for believers in medical conspiracy theories, basing claims linking the XMRV to autism and cancer on other retracted papers, and claiming she had been jailed by the influence of the [[Deep state]] and [[Big Pharma]] for exposing the truth about vaccines.
  
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Mikovits has gained attention on social media for promoting her ideas about the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]]. She does not believe that a vaccine is needed to prevent [[COVID-19]], and claims that the coronavirus was "caused by a bad strain of flu vaccine that was circulating between 2013 and 2015". One of her videos about the coronavirus pandemic was fact-checked by the website, which rated some of her claims as either false or not based in evidence.<ref>https://maldita.es/malditaciencia/2020/05/02/video-virologa-judy-mikovits-coronavirus/</ref>
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Mikovits has spoken at a number of anti-vaccination events<ref>''[https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/07/05/vaccine-skeptics-ventura-county-exemption-proposal/1578309001/ "New group of Ventura County vaccine skeptics take shots at exemption bill"]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-vaccine-education-summit-promises-anti-vax-propaganda-11362477 "Phoenix 'Vaccine Education Summit' Promises Anti-Vax Propaganda"]''</ref> and has claimed that retroviruses have contaminated 30% of vaccines.<ref>''[https://www.marktaliano.net/dr-judy-mikovits-exposes-the-covid-scam/ "Dr Judy Mikovits Exposes The Covid Scam"]''</ref>
  
 
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== Published books ==

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Person.png Dr Judy Mikovits   LinkedInRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(biologist, author, activist, researcher)
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Alma materUniversity of Virginia, George Washington University

Dr Judy Anne Mikovits is an American activist, author and former medical researcher who claims that flu vaccines promote the spread of COVID-19 and that American doctors are encouraged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to overcount coronavirus deaths across the US.[1][2] Dr Judy Markovits says the lockdown should be ended, the coronavirus vaccine program closed down, Deborah Birx and Robert Redfield fired from their jobs and, because Anthony Fauci authorised a $3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology biosafety level 4 laboratory to carry out gain of function studies, Fauci should be held criminally responsible for the COVID-19/Pandemic.[3]

Judy Mikovits' trailer for Plandemic, in which she exposes Anthony Fauci, was removed from YouTube after a couple of days, but has spread to other sites such as AltCensored. The Washington Post reported on the 8 May that she "falsely claims that wealthy people intentionally spread the virus to increase vaccination rates and that wearing face masks is harmful."[4]

In April 2020, Judy Markovits published Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science.[5] Michelle Malkin of the New York Times commented:

"Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates and Big Pharma don't want you to read this book. Get 'Plague of Corruption' now and learn the truth about public health industrial complex's decades of research fraud and vaccine cover-ups."[6]

Molecular virologist

Lift lockdown and stop vaccine program

In 1980, Mikovits was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a specialisation in biology at the University of Virginia. After graduation, she went to the National Cancer Institute at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where she developed purification methods for Interferon alpha. In 1986–1987, she started working at Upjohn Pharmaceuticals in Kalamazoo, Michigan, working to develop production methods to ensure biological materials manufactured using human blood products were free of contamination from HIV-1. In 1992 she completed a joint PhD program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at George Washington University.[7] Her PhD thesis was titled "Negative Regulation of HIV Expression in Monocytes." Mikovits was a postdoctoral scholar in molecular virology at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, under Dr David Derse. She returned to Fort Detrick and worked with Francis "Frank" Ruscetti at the National Cancer Institute as a postdoctoral researcher and investigated retroviruses and their interactions with the immune system until 2005.[8]

XMRV and CFS

Dr Judy Mikovits was appointed Research Director of the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) research organisation Whittemore Peterson Institute (WPI) in 2006 and led a research effort that reported in 2009 that a retrovirus known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) was associated with CFS and may have had a causal role.[9][10][11] However, the research came under fire, leading to her being fired by the WPI and an eventual retraction on 22 December 2011 by the journal Science.[12]

Dr Judy Mikovits and collaborators went on to participate, alongside two other research groups, in a larger 2012 study with 147 CFS patients and 146 controls. The study concluded that there was no evidence of XMRV or MLV infection in either group, a result that Mikovits said was "the definitive answer" on the issue.[13]

Anti-vaccination activism

According to Snopes, Dr Judy Mikovits has become a champion for believers in medical conspiracy theories, basing claims linking the XMRV to autism and cancer on other retracted papers, and claiming she had been jailed by the influence of the Deep state and Big Pharma for exposing the truth about vaccines.

Mikovits has spoken at a number of anti-vaccination events[14][15] and has claimed that retroviruses have contaminated 30% of vaccines.[16]

Published books

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References

  1. ↑ "Plandemic Part 1 (Dr Judy Mikovits)"
  2. ↑ "US hospitals getting paid to list patients as Covid-19"
  3. ↑ "Former AIDS Scientist Judy Mikovits PhD EXPOSES Anthony Fauci, Dr Birx & UNCOVERS Medical Corruption"
  4. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/08/plandemic-judy-mikovits-coronavirus/
  5. ↑ "Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science"
  6. ↑ "'Plague of Corruption' by Dr Judy Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively, with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, released by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc."
  7. ↑ "Judy A. Mikovits, PhD"
  8. ↑ "National Cancer Institute biography"
  9. ↑ "Why bad science won’t ever die"
  10. ↑ "The Coronavirus Truthers Don't Believe in Public Health"
  11. ↑ "Who Is Judy Mikovits?"
  12. ↑ "Integrity issue follows fired researcher"
  13. ↑ "New XMRV Studies Bring Closure--and Fresh Dispute"
  14. ↑ "New group of Ventura County vaccine skeptics take shots at exemption bill"
  15. ↑ "Phoenix 'Vaccine Education Summit' Promises Anti-Vax Propaganda"
  16. ↑ "Dr Judy Mikovits Exposes The Covid Scam"
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