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Fauci says social media fuels the spread of disinformation, has impacted pandemic "more negatively than positively"

Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was interviewed by students at UC Berkeley on Thursday.

He was asked how social media and other digital platforms have impacted the public's response to COVID-19, given the amount of misinformation about the disease that has spread online.

Doctors treated Trump with drugs including dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory steroid; a monoclonal antibody therapy that mimics part of the immune response; and remdesivir, an antiviral drug.

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Author: Newsweek

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