How anti-vaxxers capitalised on coronavirus conspiracy theories

July 28, 2020 5g, antivax, big tech, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from The New Statesman
How anti-vaxxers capitalised on coronavirus conspiracy theories

When Daniel* first became involved in his local church group three years ago, he was exposed to a wide-range of political opinions and ideas. The group, based in a university town in Indiana, was largely frequented by students and academics. But as time went on, he started coming across more and …

Lewis Hamilton criticised after sharing coronavirus anti-vax video on Instagram

COVID-19

July 27, 2020 antivax, big tech, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from The Independent
Lewis Hamilton criticised after sharing coronavirus anti-vax video on Instagram

Hamilton shared a screen grab of the video that was posted by Canadian-American content creator King Bach on his Instagram story, which included a picture of Gates in a recent CBSN interview. Below the still of Gates – who is fronting the US’s efforts to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 – read the …

Conspiracy

July 26, 2020 5g, alex jones, antivax, david icke, fluoridation, great reset, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Newsroom
Jami-Lee Ross hitches wagon to conspiracy theorists

Election 2020 The embattled MP from Botany has joined up his party with the conspiracy theory-driven New Zealand Public Party, allowing the latter a plausible path to Parliament, Marc Daalder reports Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has joined his nascent political party to a would-be party led by a man …

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 …

Bill Gates denies conspiracy theories that say he wants to use coronavirus vaccines to implant tracking devices

COVID-19

July 22, 2020 antivax, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from CNBC
Bill Gates denies conspiracy theories that say he wants to use coronavirus vaccines to implant tracking devices

Bill Gates addresses a virtual Covid-19 conference hosted by the International Aids Society. July 11, 2020 International Aids Society Handout Billionaire Bill Gates on Wednesday denied conspiracy theories that accuse the tech mogul and philanthropist of wanting to use coronavirus vaccines to …

Conspiracy

July 22, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from The Conversation UK
I’ve been talking to conspiracy theorists for 20 years – here are my six rules of engagement

With prospects of a COVID-19 vaccine looking up, attention is also turning to the problem of anti-vax ideas. According to a recent survey, one in six Britons would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Although vaccine hesitancy is a complex problem with multiple causes, the number …

COVID-19

July 20, 2020 antivax, china, maga

Archived 6 years ago from Madison.com
False conspiracies swirl as Wisconsin contact tracers battle COVID-19 pandemic

Public Health Madison and Dane County employees and members of the Wisconsin National Guard operate a drive-through testing facility for COVID-19 at the Alliant Energy Center in May. Tracing the contacts of people who test positive is considered an important way to curb the pandemic. But online …

A med-school staffer dived into online groups to debunk coronavirus conspiracy theories. Would anyone listen?

COVID-19

July 18, 2020 antivax, cdc, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
A med-school staffer dived into online groups to debunk coronavirus conspiracy theories. Would anyone listen?

He’s a 36-year-old research coordinator for the department of biostatistics, epidemiology and informatics at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine who’s made a stay-at-home hobby out of defending states’ pandemic-era restrictions and combating coronavirus misinformation on social …

Coronavirus in Context: Why Are Some People Believing Conspiracy Theories?

COVID-19

July 15, 2020 antivax, bill gates, cdc, china, tuskegee experiment

Archived 6 years ago from WebMD
Coronavirus in Context: Why Are Some People Believing Conspiracy Theories?

Coronavirus in Context: Why Are Some People Believing Conspiracy Theories? Published on Jul 16, 2022 Popular COVID conspiracy theories suggest that China created COVID in a lab and that Bill Gates is the driving force behind the outbreak. A vacuum of knowledge exists in the beginning of a crisis, …

How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind

COVID-19

July 15, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates

Archived 1 year ago from MIT Technology Review
How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind

On May 4, a slick, 26-minute video was released, alleging that the coronavirus was actually a laboratory-manipulated virus deployed to wreak havoc so that a resulting vaccine could be used for profit. None of that was true, and Plandemic’s claims were thoroughly, repeatedly debunked. Still, it went …

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