Tanya Lewis

Tanya Lewis is a senior editor covering health and medicine at Scientific American. She writes and edits stories for the website and print magazine on topics ranging from COVID to organ transplants. She also co-hosts Your Health, Quickly on Scientific American's podcast Science, Quickly and writes Scientific American's weekly Health & Biology newsletter. She has held a number of positions over her seven years at Scientific American, including health editor, assistant news editor and associate editor at Scientific American Mind. Previously, she has written for outlets that include Insider, Wired, Science News, and others. She has a degree in biomedical engineering from Brown University and one in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz. No COVID mRNA Vaccines Won't Damage Your DNA You have a “better chance of becoming Spider-Man” than being harmed by DNA from COVID vaccines How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects.

Biography:  https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/tanya-lewis/

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

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Conflicts of Interest

50%

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  • The article states that Florida's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo called for stopping the use of messenger RNA–based COVID vaccines, citing unsupported safety concerns. However, experts have dismissed these claims and stated that there is no evidence to support them.

Contradictions

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  • The article presents a false comparison between COVID mRNA vaccines and other vaccines that contain DNA. The author states that the way mRNA vaccines are made does result in small amounts of DNA in the final product, but this is true of any vaccine grown in cells, including measles and chickenpox vaccines.
  • The article presents unfounded concerns about these fragments entering human cell nuclei and causing harm. However, experts have stated that such residual viral DNA would first have to enter the cell's main compartment (cytoplasm) which normally keeps foreign DNA out.

Deceptions

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Recent Articles

Florida Surgeon General Calls for Halt to COVID Vaccines

Florida Surgeon General Calls for Halt to COVID Vaccines

Broke On: Wednesday, 03 January 2024 Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has called for a halt to the use of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Ladapo's claims about contaminants in the vaccine that could permanently integrate into human DNA have been widely debunked by federal health officials and scientific evidence.