It's funny, because as a scientist I though "why in the word is anybody even talking about this paper, it's way too preliminary to be of general interest." No other tiny, flawed study like this would generate hype unless it had been picked up by some rumor machine.

And I guess the reason is that we have a terrible executive that doesn't understand basic science and has weaponized his followers to politicize science to their own ends.

To have the President is the US be the source of rumors is such a shame. We have fallen so far as a country, to such pitiable depths of poverty of mind.