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Stephanie M. Lee
@stephaniemlee
Senior writer @Chronicle, writing about scholarship, scholars, and society / [email protected] / on Signal: stephaniemlee.07 / stephaniemlee.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    May 15, 2020
    SCOOP: I obtained a whistleblower complaint about Stanford's COVID-19 study. Turns out JetBlue's founder, a critic of the economic shutdowns, helped fund it. And John Ioannidis and others allegedly ignored internal scientists' concerns about the test.
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    JetBlue’s Founder Helped Fund A Stanford Study That Said The Coronavirus Wasn’t That Deadly
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Mar 19, 2020
    NEW: I dug into the concerns that ibuprofen makes coronavirus symptoms worse. In short, they're unfounded. And no, despite what you may have read this week, the World Health Organization is NOT warning people against taking ibuprofen.
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    There’s No Evidence That Ibuprofen Makes Coronavirus Symptoms Worse
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Oct 19, 2022
    Stanford is hosting an Academic Freedom Conference next month. My request to attend has been denied: "We are not inviting the media to our conference in order to foment a more open discussion." cli.stanford.edu/events/confere…
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Nov 16, 2020
    the @washingtonpost editorial board calls for Scott Atlas to be fired immediately: "If Dr. Atlas’s advice is followed, more people will get sick and die."
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    Opinion | Scott Atlas’s rabble-rousing will lead to illness and death. He should be fired.
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Apr 24, 2020
    SCOOP: Here's something new about that Stanford COVID-19 antibody study. In an email I obtained, the wife of the professor leading it recruited people by saying an “FDA approved” test (it's not) would show if they could “return to work without fear.”
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    A Stanford Professor’s Wife Recruited People For His Coronavirus Study By Claiming It Would Reveal...
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Mar 9, 2019
    "Even after the near-death experience, the family declined the second dose of the vaccine needed to be immunized against tetanus."
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    An Unvaccinated Boy Got Tetanus And It Cost Over $800,000 To Save His Life
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Jan 6, 2021
    calling it what it is
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Mar 25, 2020
    NEW: It’s increasingly clear that early data out of China was an anomaly: The coronavirus is severely harming substantial numbers of people under 50, too, not just older adults.
    buzzfeednews.com
    The Coronavirus Is Sending Lots Of Younger People To The Hospital
    It’s increasingly clear that early data out of China was an anomaly: The coronavirus is severely harming substantial numbers of people under 50, too.
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Nov 7, 2020
    NEW: Scientists and doctors are ecstatic that Joe Biden is the next president. Now, they say, the real work can begin. It starts with undoing the damage of the last four years. An epic science team byline, by me and @dvergano @Zhirji28 @paldhous @azeen:
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    Scientists Are Relieved About A Biden Presidency. They Say The Real Work Can Start Now.
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Aug 6, 2020
    omg, this story. @RMac18 and @CraigSilverman have all the receipts: an engineer had evidence that showed Facebook was giving preferential treatment to prominent conservative accounts. yesterday, he was fired. buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs…
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Apr 11, 2023
    This is now officially retracted:
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Apr 5, 2023
    Scoop: A peer-reviewed study claimed that as many as 278,000 people have died from COVID vaccines. It went viral in anti-vaccine circles, and also drew fierce criticism. Now it's in the process of being retracted, over the author's objections. chronicle.com/article/this-q…
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    Retraction Note: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19...
    From link.springer.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Aug 15, 2022
    🎉 I won the 2022 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting! 🎉 This award is for a body of work that spans my last five years at BuzzFeed News. I'm thrilled, honored, and grateful.
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    Aug 15, 2022
    And the #VicCohnPrize winners are... @PamBelluck of @nytimes and @stephaniemlee formerly with @BuzzFeedNews have been awarded the 2022 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. Congratulations to you both!! casw.org/news/pam-bellu…
    Stephanie M. Lee and Pam Belluck
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    May 15, 2020
    Replying to @stephaniemlee
    Behind-the-scenes emails among the scientists — including with David Neeleman while the study was underway — show that two other Stanford researchers tried to verify the test’s accuracy, found it unreliable, and refused to be named in the study.
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    JetBlue’s Founder Helped Fund A Stanford Study That Said The Coronavirus Wasn’t That Deadly
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Stephanie M. Lee
    @stephaniemlee
    Oct 18, 2021
    NEW: I wrote about Elisabeth Bik, a scientist turned science detective, and the time she challenged a prominent hydroxychloroquine crusader. Their feud illustrates a larger truth that COVID has made all too clear: science often fails to police itself.
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    A Data Sleuth Challenged A Powerful COVID Scientist. Then He Came After Her.
    From buzzfeednews.com