COVID-19 has fueled more than 2,000 rumors and conspiracy theories

August 11, 2020 china

Archived 6 years ago from Live Science
COVID-19 has fueled more than 2,000 rumors and conspiracy theories

From the idea that drinking bleach can kill the coronavirs to a theory that the virus was created in a lab as a bioweapon, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a flurry of misinformation, hatching more than 2,000 rumors, conspiracy theories and reports of discrimination, according to a new study. …

August 7, 2020 alex jones, antivax, bill gates, china, covid19, george soros, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Observer
The Most Extreme 5G Conspiracy Theories and How COVID-19 Blew It All Up

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – JULY 04 : A woman holds a banner during a protest against 5G (the fifth generation technology standard for cellular networks) infrastructure investments at Central Station in Brussels, Belgium on July 04, 2020. Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It’s a perfect storm …

Conspiracy

August 6, 2020 china, chloroquine, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from MarketWatch
What makes one person more likely than another to believe #fakenews and conspiracy theories about COVID-19?

Think before you click. People who get their news from social-media platforms like Facebook FB, +1.80% and Twitter TWTR, +4.94% are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19, according to new study led by researchers at McGill University in Montreal. “Those that consume more traditional …

August 4, 2020 china, iran

Archived 4 years ago from University of Sydney
The scoop on 5G: experts separate fact from fiction

Professor Branka Vucetic. 5 fast facts on 5G Professor Branka Vucetic, is an expert in 5G and is the Director of the Centre for IoT and Telecommunications. She has made significant contributions to the fields of coding and wireless communications with much of her work underpinning the wireless …

Conspiracy

August 3, 2020 5g, china, deep state, maga, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Interpreter
Under the influence: Peddling conspiracy in a pandemic

Celebrity sells – it always has. But in the digital age, the boundaries of celebrity have changed. Once it was the prerogative of movie, sports or music stars to front a fashion label or promote perfume. But nowadays the marketplace is saturated with any number of online lifestyle and wellness …

August 2, 2020 alex jones, antivax, big tech, china, covid19, russia

Archived 6 years ago from ABC News
What is the truth about 5G? Four Corners spoke to leading experts and anti-5G activists to find out

The global rollout of 5G has spawned wild conspiracy theories, and the coronavirus pandemic was the perfect environment for them to spread. Four Corners has investigated these claims and examined the science around whether the technology is a threat to health. What do the conspiracies claim? One …

COVID-19

July 30, 2020 cdc, china, fauci

Archived 1 year ago from AOL
Why do people believe COVID-19 conspiracies? Experts weigh in

Updated July 31, 2020 at 11:33 AMMore than 200 people gathered at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to protest the face mask mandate that multiple counties are under in the state. (Photo: Megan Jelinger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)When Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican who has …

Conspiracy

July 27, 2020 bill gates, china

Archived 6 years ago from EurekAlert
Men are more likely than women to endorse COVID-19 conspiracy theories

A new study has found that men are more likely than women to endorse coronavirus (COVID-19) related conspiracy theories. The study, published in early July in Politics and Gender, builds upon research from earlier this year that revealed Republicans were more likely than Democrats to believe …

COVID-19

July 26, 2020 antivax, bill gates, china, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Vox.com
Covid-19 conspiracy theories are being fed to the public by institutions meant to inform them

Conspiracy theories about the origins of the coronavirus have swirled around discussion of the pandemic since it began. Such theories tend to proliferate during times of crisis, as people search for elusive explanations at a time of tremendous uncertainty. But there’s also something else that’s …

COVID-19

July 25, 2020 china, fauci, plandemic video

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Sinclair delays interview containing Fauci Covid-19 conspiracy theory

Sinclair Television said on Saturday it would delay airing an interview with a conspiracy theorist who claims baselessly that Dr Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, created the coronavirus behind the current pandemic. Dr Judy Mikovits, a former research scientist, is behind …

Category

Tags