COVID-19 Pandemic Conspiracy Theories Are Taking Over German Democracy

September 2, 2020 antivax, bill gates, china, nazi, qanon, rfk jr, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Foreign Policy
COVID-19 Pandemic Conspiracy Theories Are Taking Over German Democracy

On Aug. 29, 38,000 people amassed in Berlin for Europe’s largest protest against COVID-19 safety measures and lockdowns. The eclectic mix of right-wing extremists, conspiracy theorists, anti-vaccine activists, club kids, and New Age esoterics blurred political messages. Signs with “We are the …

Pia de Jong: The conspiracists next door

Conspiracy

September 2, 2020 bill gates, moon landing, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from Community News
Pia de Jong: The conspiracists next door

National surveys show that more than half of Americans believe in some kind of conspiracy. That the moon landing is a Hollywood production. That Obama and now Kamala Harris are not legitimate candidates. That the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated by the United States. Or that the coronavirus was …

The UK’s Anti-Lockdown Movement Has Welcomed David Icke and QAnon Believers

Conspiracy

September 1, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, chemtrails, covid19, david icke, illuminati, pizzagate, qanon, sherri tenpenny

Archived 2 years ago from VICE
The UK’s Anti-Lockdown Movement Has Welcomed David Icke and QAnon Believers

Left: David Icke and a fan; Right: an attendee at London’s “Freedom Rally”. “We gather here today,” says David Icke, pacing across the plinth that supports Nelson’s Column, “because a dangerous disease – a deadly disease – is sweeping across this land and across this world.” Icke, white mullet …

COVID-19

August 31, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, cdc, china, chloroquine

Archived 6 years ago from Elemental
The Craziest Covid-19 Myths and Misconceptions

No, viruses can’t travel on 5G networks, and herd immunity is not a good option Jump To Section A 5G base station in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. Photo: VCG/Getty Images Only a highly politicized, historically deadly pandemic could generate this number of outlandish and sometimes deadly myths, …

QAnon

August 31, 2020 5g, adrenochrome, antivax, big tech, bill gates, cdc, covid19, deep state, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
How QAnon and other dark forces are radicalizing Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic rages and election looms

QAnon supporter Greene wins primary in Georgia Congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wins a Republican primary in Georgia. Greene is a supporter of the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory who’s been criticized for racist comments. (Aug. 12) AP Harrison Hawkins has experienced firsthand the …

COVID-19

August 31, 2020 antivax, big tech, bill gates, fauci, illuminati, plandemic video, rfk jr

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories infect LA film editor Micah Conrad with doubt

It began as a freelance job. Micah Conrad would wake up midmorning, check his email and begin downloading videos that had arrived while he slept. He would brew coffee, drinking it on the narrow patio of the small apartment he shares with his wife in a sun-bleached building near the intersection of …

QAnon

August 31, 2020 5g, adrenochrome, antivax, big tech, bill gates, cdc, deep state, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 1 year ago from Rams Wire
How QAnon is radicalizing Americans before election

Harrison Hawkins has experienced firsthand the insidious spread of QAnon.In early April, he fell in love with a college student he met on a dating app. She was spiritual and intelligent. She liked to meditate and take hikes. But within months, she began to express anxiety. His phone filled up with …

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. …

COVID-19

August 29, 2020 antivax, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from The Economist
Conspiracy theories about covid-19 vaccines may prevent herd immunity

Aug 29th 2020DO VACCINES CAUSE autism? Are politicians scaremongering about covid-19 to drum up profits for drug firms? Will Bill Gates use injections to implant microchips in your children?The answer to all three questions is no, though scientists once debated the first. In 1998 the Lancet, a …

Coronavirus sceptics, conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers protest in London

COVID-19

August 29, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, david icke, vernon coleman

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Coronavirus sceptics, conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers protest in London

Thousands of protesters from across the UK gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon to protest against coronavirus restrictions and reject mass vaccinations. The event, which began at noon, drew a broad coalition including coronavirus sceptics, 5G conspiracy theorists and …

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