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John Lorimer Campbell is an English YouTuber and retired nurse educator known for his videos about the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, the videos received praise, but they later diverged into COVID-19 misinformation. [ 2][ 3] He has been criticised for suggesting COVID-19 deaths have been over-counted, [ 4] repeating false claims about the use of ...
"Happy Science", a secretive pay-to-progress religious group, sells "spiritual vaccines" to prevent and cure COVID-19, advertises virus-related blessings at rates from US$100 to over US$400, and sells coronavirus-themed DVDs and CDs of Ryuho Okawa (the former stockbroker whom the group believes to be the current incarnation of the supreme deity ...
Notable instances. In August 2021, a number of American conservative talk radio hosts who had discouraged COVID-19 vaccination, or expressed skepticism toward the COVID-19 vaccine, died from COVID-19 complications. [6] [7] These included 65-year-old Marc Bernier, self-nicknamed "Mr. Antivax", from Daytona, Florida; [13] 65-year-old Dick Farrel ...
In March 2021, 19% of US adults claimed to have been vaccinated while 50% announced plans to get vaccinated. [150] [151] A 2022 study found a link between online COVID-19 misinformation and early vaccine hesitancy and refusal. [152] Despite a strong association between vaccine hesitancy and Republican vote share at the US county and state ...
The U.S. Defense Department admitted that it spread propaganda in the Philippines aimed at disparaging China’s Sinovac vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a June 25 document cited ...
The two-time Olympic athlete chronicled her experience on TikTok and explained her shock at finding out all athletes have free healthcare while competing during the Summer Games. “Not only in ...
RA638 .L37 2020. Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start and Why They Don't Go Away (2020), published by Oxford University Press and written by the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 's Vaccine Confidence Project, Heidi Larson, looks at what influences attitudes to vaccination. It was largely compiled before the COVID-19 ...
Misinformation on the subject of COVID-19 has been used by politicians, interest groups, and state actors in many countries for political purposes: to avoid responsibility, scapegoat other countries, and avoid criticism of their earlier decisions. Sometimes there is a financial motive as well.