The U.S. Surgeon General revealed that he's lost 10 relatives to Covid as he campaigns against vaccine misinformation
—the first under the Biden administration—addressing what he labeled an “urgent threat of health misinformation.” he lost some relatives during the pandemic, Murthy told reporters on Thursday that 10 of his family members in both the U.S. and India have now died from the virus.
The top doctor highlighted that these family members would likely still be alive if they had had access to vaccines as dataHe then outlined the “insidious” threat of wrong or misleading information about the vaccines spreading online, which he deemed “one of the biggest obstacles that is preventing us from ending this pandemic.” Murthy delved into these threats in the 22-page advisory released Thursday morning.