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'''Sucharit Bhakdi''' (born Sucharit Punyaratabandhu, 1 November 1946, in Washington, D.C.) is a retired Thai-German microbiologist, known for spreading ] about the ].<ref name=barker>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/02/germany-is-losing-the-fight-against-qanon/ |author=Tyson Barker |title=Germany Is Losing the Fight Against QAnon |date=2 September 2020 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref name=spiegel>{{cite web |website=Der Spiegel |author1=Muriel Kalisch |author2=Patrick Stotz |date=21 May 2020 |language=de |title=Hinter der Verschwörung |url=https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/corona-verschwoerungstheorien-und-die-akteure-dahinter-bill-gates-impfzwang-und-co-a-2e9a0e78-4375-4dbd-815f-54571750d32d}}</ref> He studied at the Universities of ], ], ] and ], and at the ] in Freiburg. He was professor of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and from 1991 to 2012 was head of the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene there.<ref name=CV>{{cite web|url=https://studylibde.com/doc/2013845/sucharit-bhakdi--punyarataband-|title=Sucharit Bhakdi (Punyarataband) Lebenslauf |trans-title=curriculum vitae|website=studylibde.com |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> |
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'''Sucharit Bhakdi''' (born Sucharit Punyaratabandhu, 1 November 1946, in Washington, D.C.) is a retired Thai-German professor. Well-known in the 1990s as a microbiologist,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhakdis Brief an die Kanzlerin – Was ist dran an seinen Fragen? |language=de |url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/wissen/bhakdis-brief-an-die-kanzlerin-was-ist-dran-an-seinen-fragen,RutYDhd |website=BR24 |date=1 April 2020}}</ref> in 2020 Bhakdi become a prominent exponent of ] about COVID-19.<ref name=barker>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/02/germany-is-losing-the-fight-against-qanon/ |author=Tyson Barker |title=Germany Is Losing the Fight Against QAnon |date=2 September 2020 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref name=spiegel>{{cite web |website=Der Spiegel |author1=Muriel Kalisch |author2=Patrick Stotz |date=21 May 2020 |language=de |title=Hinter der Verschwörung |url=https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/corona-verschwoerungstheorien-und-die-akteure-dahinter-bill-gates-impfzwang-und-co-a-2e9a0e78-4375-4dbd-815f-54571750d32d}}</ref> He studied at the Universities of ], ], ] and ], and at the ] in Freiburg. He was professor of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and from 1991 to 2012 was head of the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene there.<ref name=CV>{{cite web|url=https://studylibde.com/doc/2013845/sucharit-bhakdi--punyarataband-|title=Sucharit Bhakdi (Punyarataband) Lebenslauf |trans-title=curriculum vitae|website=studylibde.com |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> |
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Over his career, Bhakdi has produced scientific work in fields such as ] and ], and has published multiple scientific articles in these areas. Awards he has received include the ].<ref name=OMRP>{{Cite web|title=Sucharit Bhakdi MD|url=https://www.chelseagreen.com/writer/sucharit-bhakdi-md/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=19 November 2020|website=chelsea green}}</ref> |
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Over his career, Bhakdi has produced scientific work in fields such as ] and ], and has published multiple scientific articles in these areas. Awards he has received include the ].<ref name=OMRP>{{Cite web|title=Sucharit Bhakdi MD|url=https://www.chelseagreen.com/writer/sucharit-bhakdi-md/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=19 November 2020|website=chelsea green}}</ref> |
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During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Bhakdi started a ] channel proposing that the number of deaths stemming from ] infection had been overstated. Writing for '']'', Tyson Barker described Bhakdi as a prominent example from a "crop of debunked but credentialed so-called experts minting conspiracy theories and undermining fact-based information".<ref name=barker/> The German non-profit ] fact-checked one of Bhakdi's Youtube videos, and found a number of problematic claims, including the claim that any ] would be "pointless", and that the virus posed no more threat than ].<ref name=correct>{{cite web |website=] |author=Kathrin Wesolowski |language=de |title=Impfung gegen Covid-19 "sinnlos"? Sucharit Bhakdi stellt unbelegte Behauptungen auf |date=19 June 2020 |url=https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/2020/06/19/impfung-gegen-covid-19-sinnlos-sucharit-bhakdi-stellt-unbelegte-behauptungen-auf/ |type=Fact check}}</ref> |
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During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Bhakdi started a ] channel proposing that the number of deaths stemming from ] infection had been overstated. |
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== Awards == |
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