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Dr. Bertha Hidalgo

"Dr. Hidalgo has been using her social media platform (where she has 1,000s of followers) to disseminate covid data and studies to lay people. She uses easy to read infographs and is everyone I knows “go-to” for evidence based covid information. Her p

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Dr. Bertha Hidalgo (Alabama)

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Not one to shy away from correcting misinformation, Dr. Bertha Hidalgo has spent the last year combatting internet campaigns using misleading or false data about the effectiveness of lockdowns, masks, and vaccines.

Dr. Hidalgo, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at in Department of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama, uses Instagram, Twitter and a bit of traditional media here and there to ensure that the public has the right information, right when they need it.

https://www.alreporter.com/2020/08/18/alabama-public-health-warns-against-covid-19-misinformation-shared-on-social-media/

Dr. Hidalgo creates simple graphics on topics from proper mask fitting to symptoms of long-haul COVID-19. She leverages the available resources around…

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