Olivia Riggio

Olivia Riggio

Olivia Riggio is OptOut's fundraising consultant and an independent media advocate living in New York.

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We broke a story this week!

We broke a story this week!

Dear Subscribers,  We broke a story this week!  Actor Liam Neeson, Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and former advocate for vaccines recently narrated a conspiratorial documentary that spread misinformation about vaccinations, the origins of COVID, and pandemic mitigation measures. Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical...

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CDC Spreading Discredited Anti-Vax Misinformation, Kennedy’s Legal War

CDC Spreading Discredited Anti-Vax Misinformation, Kennedy’s Legal War

This week, the CDC updated its vaccine safety page to include several debunked claims linking vaccines to autism. Despite RFK Jr. saying during his Senate confirmation hearings that he would “work within the current vaccine approval and safety monitoring systems” and “maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory...

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Alex Berenson Case Dismissed…“MEHA” Madness…March for Health & Science!

Alex Berenson Case Dismissed…“MEHA” Madness…March for Health & Science!

Dear AJI Subscribers,  This week, self-proclaimed “leading COVID-19 vaccine skeptic” Alex Berenson saw his censorship lawsuit against Biden administration officials dismissed by a federal court. In 2021, Berenson was suspended from Twitter (now X) for posting a number of dubious claims about vaccines and COVID. He was reinstated in...

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RFK’s Dangerous Disinformation Crusade Continues…

RFK’s Dangerous Disinformation Crusade Continues…

Dear AJI Subscribers,  Last week, we shared the exciting news that our Scientific Advisory Board, an independent body of experts we rely on for their insights and guidance in our reporting, published a statement demanding that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. resign, citing his role in spreading dangerous public...

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Weekly Update: More Contrarians at the FDA

Weekly Update: More Contrarians at the FDA

Dear Subscriber,  This week, Dr. George Tidmarsh was added to the ranks of fringe public health contrarians recruited to work in the Trump administration’s Food and Drug Administration under Commissioner Marty Makary.  Tidmarsh’s job will be to lead the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), which oversees over-the-counter and...

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