Twitter deletes claim minimizing coronavirus death toll, which Trump retweeted

August 31, 2020 cdc, china, fauci, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Twitter deletes claim minimizing coronavirus death toll, which Trump retweeted

The rest were people who “had 2-3 other serious illnesses,” said the tweet, which has since been replaced with a message saying it “is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.” A Twitter spokesperson said the tweet violated the company’s coronavirus misinformation policy.The claim …

Trump picks up where Fox News left off, with new coronavirus death-toll conspiracy theory

COVID-19

August 31, 2020 cdc, fauci, qanon, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Trump picks up where Fox News left off, with new coronavirus death-toll conspiracy theory

By Trump’s own standard, the coronavirus response will soon have failed to constitute “a very good job.” The death toll has now crested 180,000, and with about 900 people dying per day on average this month, that 200,000 threshold will almost definitely be passed well before Election Day — and …

QAnon

August 31, 2020 antivax, bill gates, china, chloroquine, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Des Moines Register
The distrust of science promoted by QAnon is dangerous and deadly

Over 1,000 Iowans have now died from COVID-19 infections, and by Election Day we are on track to have 250,000 American deaths, now the third-leading cause of death, in just five months. Every day, front-line health care workers put their lives at risk to care for these victims of this pandemic. …

Trump Embraces Fringe Theories on Protests and the Coronavirus

COVID-19

August 30, 2020 china, fauci, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Trump Embraces Fringe Theories on Protests and the Coronavirus

WASHINGTON — President Trump unleashed an especially intense barrage of Twitter messages over the weekend, embracing fringe conspiracy theories claiming that the coronavirus death toll has been exaggerated and that street protests are actually an organized coup d’état against him. In a concentrated …

Fact check: ‘Plandemic’ sequel makes false claims about Bill Gates

COVID-19

August 25, 2020 antivax, bill gates, cdc, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
Fact check: ‘Plandemic’ sequel makes false claims about Bill Gates

The claim: The Gates family is behind a sprawling conspiracy to control the world through vaccines, engineered COVID-19 pandemic “Plandemic: Indoctornation,” the misinformation-filled video that debuted online Aug. 18, draws numerous high-profile figures into its plot. Chief among them is Microsoft …

Conspiracy

August 24, 2020 covid19, deep state, fauci, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Trump’s ugly new conspiracy theory only underscores his weakness

This affair also shows why the GOP convention will likely fail at one of its most urgent goals — erasing and rewriting the history of Trump’s towering failures on the pandemic — perhaps in spectacularly buffoonish fashion. The starting point when considering any new Trump announcement on the …

Central Piedmont Science Instructor Encouraged Students To Read Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

COVID-19

August 24, 2020 deep state, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from WFAE
Central Piedmont Science Instructor Encouraged Students To Read Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

You may have heard the false claim that wearing masks is harmful. Or the false conspiracy theory that Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is part of the “Deep State.” Virologist Judy Mikovits has been widely discredited for pushing these and other …

Fact check: ‘Plandemic II’ alleges false conspiracy theory involving CDC, NIH; pandemic not planned

COVID-19

August 23, 2020 cdc, china, fauci, plandemic video

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
Fact check: ‘Plandemic II’ alleges false conspiracy theory involving CDC, NIH; pandemic not planned

The claim: The coronavirus pandemic is planned and profit-seeking, including by the CDC and NIH A new video — entitled “Plandemic II: Indoctornation” — has spread online and on Facebook since Aug. 18, proliferating a baseless conspiracy theory about the nature of the coronavirus pandemic. The …

Flat Earth “Science” — Wrong, but not Stupid – YouTube

Conspiracy

August 22, 2020 big tech, cdc, cia, fauci, flat earth, moon landing, nasa

Archived 2 years ago from Catholic Answers
Flat Earth “Science” — Wrong, but not Stupid – YouTube

In this episode, Trent addresses how Christians should engage extreme views related to science and how to sensibly separate good and bad science. Transcription: Trent: Do you remember when we were told to trust the science during the COVID-19 pandemic? I do. And now I find that many Christians are …

New ‘Plandemic’ Video Peddles Misinformation, Conspiracies

COVID-19

August 21, 2020 antivax, bill gates, cdc, china, fauci, plandemic video, russia

Archived 6 years ago from FactCheck.org
New ‘Plandemic’ Video Peddles Misinformation, Conspiracies

The second part of “Plandemic” — a documentary-style video that presents a sweeping conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, patents and vaccines — landed on Aug. 18, spinning together many of the falsehoods about the disease that we’ve been debunking for months, plus some new …

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