More than 30 arrested during coronavirus protests in London

September 19, 2020 5g, antivax, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
More than 30 arrested during coronavirus protests in London

Police have made 32 arrests during a demonstration in central London against coronavirus restrictions and mass vaccinations. More than a thousand people are estimated to have joined the rally in Trafalgar Square, among them 5G conspiracy theorists, coronavirus sceptics and “anti-vaxxers”. Sections …

COVID-19

September 18, 2020 antivax, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Medical experts v anti-vaxxers: the Covid-19 information battle

On one side is the “anti-vax” movement, a constellation of groupings drawn from across the ideological spectrum, far-right opportunists and celebrities including the former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown. On the other is the NHS, virtually the entire medical community, government departments and …

Engagement with anti-vaccine Facebook posts trebles in one month

COVID-19

September 18, 2020 antivax, big tech, bill gates, david icke, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Engagement with anti-vaccine Facebook posts trebles in one month

Engagement with anti-vaccine posts on a sample of UK Facebook pages trebled between July and August, analysis by the Guardian has found, triggering calls for a major new push to tackle conspiracy theories. Interactions on posts expressing scepticism or hostility towards vaccines on six UK Facebook …

Archived 6 years ago from The GuardianJust like Australia, disinformation is thriving during the US fire crisis

Conspiracy

September 18, 2020 antivax, covid19, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Just like Australia, disinformation is thriving during the US fire crisis

Disinformation successfully obscured the real causes of Australia’s catastrophic bushfire season. Now the same thing is happening around me, as I report on a disastrous wildfire season in the American west. In both countries, the response to a pandemic is also being complicated by disinformation, …

Trump under fire for ‘shocking’ Covid failures as ex-adviser turns against him

COVID-19

September 18, 2020 antivax, cdc, deep state, fauci, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Trump under fire for ‘shocking’ Covid failures as ex-adviser turns against him

The coronavirus pandemic moved to the centre of the US election again on Friday, as a former senior official on the White House taskforce turned on Donald Trump. Trump was alleged by Olivia Troye, a former Mike Pence adviser, to have called his own supporters “disgusting people” with whom he no …

Conspiracy

September 18, 2020 5g, adrenochrome, antivax, bill gates, covid19, deep state, illuminati, nazi, plandemic video, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Spinoff
Conspiracy cults and the mental health pandemic

What do a mosque shooting victim in Christchurch and a Hollywood supermodel have in common? Anke Richter looks at the mental health fallout of cult-like conspiracy movements. Three weeks ago, I sat in the High Court in Christchurch for the sentencing of the mosque terrorist and listened to 91 …

QAnon

September 18, 2020 antivax, big tech, chemtrails, flat earth, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
QAnon conspiracy theory gaining ground in UK, analysis shows

A conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is waging a secret war against an elite who engage in ritual child abuse is growing across UK social media, Guardian analysis has found. The QAnon conspiracy theory is propelled by an unlikely coalition of spirituality and wellness groups, vigilante “paedophile …

The fiasco of the 1976 ‘swine flu affair’

COVID-19

September 18, 2020 antivax

Archived 6 years ago from BBC News
The fiasco of the 1976 ‘swine flu affair’

Scientists, however, are human too. Today, it’s easy to see gaps in the scientific evidence of 1976, such as the belief that the virus mirrored the 1918 outbreak or that a pandemic was due. But the scientists of the time could not, so faced with uncertainty, they made conclusions influenced by …

How to counter the anti-vaxxers: our World Vs Virus podcast

COVID-19

September 17, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, flat earth

Archived 6 years ago from World Economic Forum
How to counter the anti-vaxxers: our World Vs Virus podcast

Ipsos poll found 27% of people globally would not want a COVID vaccine. Opposition to vaccines is a broad spectrum, from nervous parents to extreme conspiracy theorists. Vaccine experts Paul Offit and Heidi Larson feature on World Vs Virus podcast. Subscribe to the World Vs Virus on Apple, …

House panel chair invites anti-vax doctors to hearing

COVID-19

September 17, 2020 antivax, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Enid News & Eagle
House panel chair invites anti-vax doctors to hearing

An ophthalmologist presented a series of internet conspiracy theories and unproven health claims before state lawmakers at a hearing at the state Capitol this week — including that masks are ineffective at slowing the spread of COVID-19 and that people of color need more vitamin D in their diets to …

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