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    Birth name was Simone Melissa Tizes
    Physician and attorney
    Founding member of America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), an organization spreading misinformation about COVID-19

Why she might be annoying:

    She constantly touts the benefits of hydroxychloroquine, despite a lack of evidence that it is effective against COVID-19.
    She denies being an anti-vaxxer while telling people not to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
    She falsely claimed that COVID-19 poses 'zero risk' to children.
    She claims to be nonpartisan, despite appearing almost exclusively at far-right wing events.
    She took part in the storming of the US Capitol (January 6, 2021).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a board-certified emergency room physician. (At least until the hospitals she worked at fired her for spreading medical disinformation.)
    The 'White Coat Summit' she hosted on the steps of the Supreme Court went viral after President Trump retweeted it (July 27, 2020).
    Unlike some of her AFLDS compatriots, she does not diagnose incubi and succubi as the cause of medical conditions.
    She said she regretted participating in the attack on the Capitol because she worried it would detract from her work with AFLDS. (Although if she thought about it, she might realize that her participation likely increased her bona fides with her audience, given the hefty overlap between 'COVID conspiracy loons' and 'stolen 2020 election conspiracy loons.')

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 350 Votes: 69.14% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14030 Votes: 70.31% Annoying