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An upcoming CNN town hall on the will feature 17-year-old Greta Thunberg alongside a panel of medical experts.The program, “Coronavirus Facts and Fears,” also includes CNN broadcaster Sanjay Gupta, 50, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 71, and former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Richard Besser, 60. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, 52, will host alongside Gupta.However, social media watchdogs are foaming at the mouth over the choice to place a teen climate activist on a panel with public health experts.“What place does Greta Thunberg have in this town hall?” to his 618,000 followers. His rhetorical question was liked by more than 12,000 since this morning.Her name is a top trending term on Twitter, with some 30,000 mentions on the platform in just a few hours.In a follow-up tweet, Ali clarified his rhetorical tweet with an explanation: “I understand that but this is a panel of top health experts and administrators. A climate activist would be better suited on a different panel. She’s not a climate scientist. It’s a matter of placement.”Former acting CDC director Richard Besser, former HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius and activist Greta Thunberg join &amp;&nbsp; for a live . Coronavirus – Facts and Fears, Thursday at 8 p.m. ET— CNN (@CNN)CNN’s social media was soon served with an onslaught of virtual eye-rolls.“Greta Thunberg? Now, she’s a COVID expert? @CNN is a joke!” to the network’s Wednesday announcement.“Not picking on the kid,” . “Picking on a ‘news’ network for featuring a child to inform the public.”“I remember when my thread about E. coli in Romaine lettuce went viral and trended on Twitter only to have CNN put Food Babe on the air to discuss the issue,” , referring to another controversial health “expert” in the media. “Greta Thunberg on this panel is an improvement from that at least.”Some have come to Thunberg’s defense, including more than a few public figures, arguing that the voice of youth, who will come to inherit an Earth doomed by future pandemics and climate disaster, may actually have something to add to the conversation.“Unqualified men appear on cable all day every day, bloviating endlessly, but Greta Thunberg is a bridge too far? Ok,” .“She’s has extraordinary knowledge and she is the next generation that is left to clean this mess we’ve made. They wouldn’t have her there if she wasn’t a powerful voice,” .“It’s a town hall, not a meeting of scientists,” . “Some of their previous guests have been chef Jose Andres, director Spike Lee, author Laurie Garrett, etc etc.”Thunberg has, perhaps wisely, been mum throughout this erupting social-media showdown. But she hasn’t spent the past three months lounging in lockdown. On April 30, the young activist had launched a children-first campaign to help protect young lives against COVID-19, pledging a grant of €92,000 ($100,000), awarded to her by Danish NGO Human Act, toward the effort.“Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child-rights crisis,” said Thunberg. “It will affect all children, now and in the long-term, but vulnerable groups will be impacted the most. I’m asking everyone to step up and join me in support of UNICEF’s vital work to save children’s lives, to protect health and continue education.”

An upcoming CNN town hall on the will feature 17-year-old Greta Thunberg alongside a panel of medical experts.The program, “Coronavirus Facts and Fears,” also includes CNN broadcaster Sanjay Gupta, 50, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 71, and former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Richard Besser, 60. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, 52, will host alongside Gupta.However, social media watchdogs are foaming at the mouth over the choice to place a teen climate activist on a panel with public health experts.“What place does Greta Thunberg have in this...

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