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What you think of the impact of this. that's kind of the power of trolls on facebook. they kind of coopt or invent a form of credibility that sort of goes against the establishment and people who have inherent distrust glom on to that. and now unfortunately it's getting people hurt, getting people killed. >> yeah, it's really scary. but i'm also, you know, i'm sympathetic to the people who are consuming this. because i see someone in scrubs, i see someone in a lab coat, and oh, what do they have to say? they look official. so i can see how easy it is to kind of fall prey to these -- and like y...

Sympathetic to the people who are consuming this stuff, because i see someone in scrubs, i see someone if a lab coat, and i'm like, what do they have to say? they look official. i can see how easy it is to fall prey to these scenarios. like the other guest was saying, the credibility laundering that's happening, that's being amplified through social media, i think it's really easy to fall prey to that. >> also, brandy, we've heard more about these protests around the country. i'm looking in the last few minutes, there was a protest inside the oklahoma state capitol today, the so-called oklahom...

Zadrosni. the podcast "fake the nation." janelle smith, senior correspondent at vox and host of "vox conversations." brandy, you've been reporting on anti-vaxers, particularly those who are also nurses. tell us more about that. >> yeah, i mean, the nursing community has never been immune from anti-vaccination misinformation, unfortunately. now this particular group, they call themselves america's health care workers for medical freedom. and that mouthful is basically promoting this instagram account with a few thousand followers. it's made up of a stable of registered nurses who are also anti-...

Freedom, and that mouthful is basically promoting this zram account with a few thousand followers, but it's made up of a stable of registered nurses who are also anti-vaccination influence owners the app. what this is basically credibility laundering, which means, you know, these same tired kdebunked pieces of information, but dressed up in scrubs. so there is a reason that when you see an infomercial for a crabby product, so often it's a guy in a white lab coat selling it. it's because that sort of credibility laundering really works. it has a danger at the moment of going sort of viral on so...

Scrubs. there's a reason when you see an infomercial for a crappie product, so often it's a guy in a lab coat selling it. because that sort of credibility laundering really works. it has a danger at the moment of going sort of viral on social media and collecting a whole new group of people under this anti-vax umbrella. >> jameel, we've got to talk about the governors of florida and texas, particularly ron desantis, who promised to begin dispensing the monoclonal antibodies through mobile clinics during this record-breaking stretch of new cases and hospitalizations. florida accounts for 1 out ...