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[[File:Brinkmann Dezember 2020 in weiss.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|{{center|Melanie Brinkmann (2020)}}]]
'''Melanie Brinkmann''' is a German [[Virology|virologist]]. Until 2019 she was probably best known in connection with her work on the [[Cytomegalovirus]]. During 2020 she has emerged as a much consulted expert-pundit for media commentators keen to discuss the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Brinkmann takestook a robust public position in the campaign against [[Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic|pandemic misinformation]]: she has described the so-called "virus of false information" as "more deadly than the [COVID-19] virus itself".<ref name=MBvolgensKochStichting>{{cite web|url= https://www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/index.php?article_id=53&clang=0 |title=Melanie M. Brinkmann|work=Preis für Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden für Virologie 2007 (Ckick on "Laudatio" and "Lebenslauf"|publisher=[[:de:Robert-Koch-Stiftung|Robert-Koch-Stiftung e.V.]], Berlin|accessdate=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref name= MBlautTUB01>{{cite web|title= Antrittsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Melanie M. Brinkmann .... zur Person |url= https://magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/pi-post/antrittsvorlesung-von-prof-dr-melanie-m-brinkmann/|publisher=[[Technical University of Braunschweig|Technische Universität Braunschweig]] |work=Die faszinierende Welt der Viren |accessdate=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref name= MBGegnerinFalschinformation>{{cite web |title=Gegen das Virus der Falschinformation |url= https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/swr/wissenschaftler-gegen-falschnachrichten-101.html|date=7 May 2020 |work=Ärzte und Virologen .... "Tödlicher als das Virus selber"|author=Marcel Kolvenbach |publisher= Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg |accessdate=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=MBHlautHZI>{{cite web |title= Viral Immune Modulation .... Prof Dr Melanie Brinkmann |publisher= Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Braunschweig |url=https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/research/research-topics/immune-response/viral-immune-modulation/m-brinkmann |accessdate= 19 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=MBiGmJK>{{cite web |url= https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/corona-expertin-melanie-brinkmann-keine-immunitaet-in-einem-sommer-a-612e49dc-0e2b-46f6-8183-7e88b9f9e065|date=15 June 2020|title="Im Laufe eines Sommers wird das nicht klappen" |work=Viele hoffen darauf, dass die Lockerungen der Corona-Maßnahmen zu mehr Immunität gegen das Virus führen. Die Virologin Melanie Brinkmann dämpft die Hoffnungen. |author=Janne Kieselbach |publisher= [[Der Spiegel]] (online) |accessdate=19 December 2020}}</ref>
