Senator hosts panel promoting COVID-19 misinformation

A U.S. senator who has repeatedly promoted vaccine misinformation hosted a panel discussion with several scientists and physicians known for opposing COVID-19 vaccines and other pandemic safety measures. Clips from the panel have been widely shared on social media and include the false claims that asymptomatic people cannot spread COVID-19 and that people who have had COVID-19 cannot be reinfected or transmit the virus to others.

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