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Scottish nurse, 45, is suspended for spreading Covid conspiracy theories

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A NHS nurse has been suspended for spreading Covid conspiracy theories including that face masks help spread the virus and likening vaccines to ‘genocide’. Colleagues reported Tracey McCallum to NHS24 bosses at Crosshouse Hospital in Ayrshire, Scotland, after she branded the outbreak a ‘scamdemic’. The 45-year-old from Darvel was also reported to the Nursing and Midwifery Council after telling people vitamins … Read more

Anti-vaxx conspiracy theories are still being peddled on social media

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Anti-vaxx conspiracy theories are still being peddled on social media despite tech companies promising crackdown Analysis by the Daily Mail shows online firms are failing to remove harmful posts  Charities warned misleading online posts could hinder efforts to roll out vaccine  Social posts mentioning Bill Gates trebled in a day after vaccine announcement By Kate Pickles … Read more

Spreading anti-vaxx conspiracy theories should be CRIME, report says

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Spreading anti-vaccine conspiracy theories online should be a crime, according to some of Britain’s top scientists. The Royal Society and British Academy institutions have together called for laws to be drawn up about spreading bogus claims about vaccination on the internet. A huge leap forward in the fight against coronavirus was announced yesterday when it … Read more

Antivaxxers share conspiracy theories after Pfizer announcement

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By Luke Andrews for MailOnline The announcement that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine could be up to 90 per cent effective has sparked claims society could go back to normal by spring next year. But with most data from the trials still unpublished, several scientists have sounded a note of caution over whether the vaccine will work. … Read more

Antivaxxers share conspiracy theories after Pfizer announcement

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By Luke Andrews for MailOnline The announcement that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine could be up to 90 per cent effective has sparked claims society could go back to normal by spring next year. But with most data from the trials still unpublished, several scientists have sounded a note of caution over whether the vaccine will work. … Read more

Up to ONE-THIRD of people believe unproven theories that the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab

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Up to one-third of people believe the coronavirus was engineered in a laboratory in Wuhan, China – where the pandemic originated, a new study suggests.  Researchers found that around 23 percent of people in the UK and the US believe the unproven conspiracy theory and labeled it as ‘reliable’ information. In Ireland, the number jumped … Read more

Bill Gates claims White House hired Scott Atlas because he ‘agrees’ with ‘crackpot theories’

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Bill Gates said the Trump administration appointed Dr Scott Atlas as the new coronavirus adviser because he ‘agrees’ with the White House’s ‘crackpot theories.’ In an interview with STAT News, the co-founder of Microsoft, whose foundation has committed $350 million for COVID-19 initiatives, criticized the federal government’s response to the pandemic. This includes the hire … Read more

Arsonists destroy 5G mast amid coronavirus conspiracy theories

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Arsonists destroy another 5G mast fueled by false conspiracy theory that the new high-speed mobile phone network is to blame for coronavirus A 5G phone mast was set on fire in Otley, Bradford at around 3.39am today Police are investigating the burning of the mast as a suspected arson attack Conspiracy theorists claim that the 5G network … Read more

Arsonists destroy 5G mast amid coronavirus conspiracy theories

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Arsonists destroy another 5G mast fueled by false conspiracy theory that the new high-speed mobile phone network is to blame for coronavirus A 5G phone mast was set on fire in Otley, Bradford at around 3.39am today Police are investigating the burning of the mast as a suspected arson attack Conspiracy theorists claim that the 5G network … Read more

Disease epidemics lead to a rise in racism, conspiracy theories and civil unrest

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Rising civil unrest, conspiracy theories and racism typically follows in the wake of disease epidemics, a study of historical outbreaks has warned.  Researchers from Italy analysed 57 past epidemics — finding that the turmoil from each outbreak tended to result in a quieting of existing unrest. The findings, the team said, may explain why movements … Read more