Dr.Krutika Kuppalli tweets about the spread of misinformation because of influential people who are not credible in the field of epidemiology
"Why do these ridiculous statements without any scientific data come from old white men who have zero experience working on #infectiousdiseases outbreaks? Just b/c you are affiliated with a big name university doesn’t give you credibility. In fact it causes more problems."
-@krutikakuppalli
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