"Apple Cider Vinegar" tells the story of an influencer who faked cancer and curing it. In an age of health misinformation, we need to talk about it.

In “Apple Cider Vinegar,” a new Netflix series released on Thursday, Kaitlyn Dever plays Belle Gibson, a real Australian woman who proliferated a scam about overcoming terminal brain cancer through healthy eating.

The series Apple Cider Vinegar, out on Netflix Feb. 6, follows a wellness guru who pretends to be very unwell in a story that is based on true events. It’s been a decade since it was revealed that the Australian wellness entrepreneur Belle Gibson,