In fact, they’re so prevalent online, it might be more accurate to call our period of history the “misinformation age.” During COVID-19, this phenomenon only continues to grow. Tap or click here to see some of the most common coronavirus myths debunked. And now, clips from an unhinged COVID-19 documentary are being deleted from some of the biggest online platforms for peddling dangerous medical advice. If you’ve seen this professional-looking video on your social media feed giving you “the real story” behind the COVID-19 pandemic, you might have just fallen for a hoax. Here’s why.
COVID-19 ‘documentary’ alleges vast conspiracy behind pandemic
A new viral video making the rounds on social media is drawing ire for its blatant misinformation, distortion of facts and baseless attacks on public health officials. The video, titled “Plandemic,” alleges a grand global conspiracy behind the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 272,000 people globally. According to the clip, not only was the virus “manipulated” in a laboratory, it was intentionally released by billionaires and politicians worldwide to make insane profits on vaccines and treatments. That’s pretty dastardly, but these claims have nothing on some of the other pieces of “advice” the video spews. A doctor speaking to viewers informs them that wearing a mask can actually make you sick by “forcing you to re-inhale” your COVID-19 “expressions.” It also claims that staying at home “weakens the immune system.” Wait, what? Because of the relatively lax moderation on most social media platforms, these kinds of clips usually circulate rapidly in a short period of time. However, the dangerous health claims prompted Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others to remove the video for policy violations. Tap or click to see Facebook’s policy on fake COVID-19 treatments. According to CNBC, the clip received more than 1.7 million views as of Thursday and was shared more than 140,000 times. A version of the clip found on YouTube also had more than one million views before it was removed. This means you can expect to hear the claims made in the video online for some time to come.
What’s wrong with the video?
If you fell for “Plandemic,” we can’t exactly blame you. The coronavirus crisis has upended nearly everyone’s lives in unexpected ways, so it’s natural that people would want to look for answers. And that’s not even counting the fact that the video was professionally produced and edited in the style of a documentary. If fake news looks legitimate, it helps with its credibility. But the whole thing is bunk. Here are just some of the reasons why:
Global elites intentionally caused the COVID-19 pandemic by engineering the virus in a laboratory: All available evidence points to Wuhan, China as the emergence point for the virus. Nearly all scientists studying the virus agree on a natural, animal origin for SARS-COV2 (most likely bats or pangolins). The Wuhan Seafood Market is the most likely place the virus first made the jump to humans. Some intelligence agencies speculate the virus may have entered the human population thanks to a lab containment issue, but even then, they do not dispute the natural origin of the virus.Dr. Anthony Fauci and other globalist shills are in on it: Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the nation’s top infectious disease expert for many years and was appointed by Ronald Reagan during his administration. If the virus went away, his life would become 1,000 times easier than it is now.Dr. Judy Mikovits is a trusted doctor who was thrown in jail for her groundbreaking discoveries: Mikovits is a prominent figure in the antivaccination movement and is one of Plandemic’s main speakers. She has been condemned by many former colleagues for peddling medical misinformation and bad science. What’s more, her claims of being thrown in jail for her discoveries are false. In reality, she was arrested for stealing lab equipment from a university she had worked at. The same university has since filed a restraining order against her.If you’ve ever had a flu vaccine, you’re already poisoned with coronaviruses: This distorts the fact that existing coronaviruses in nature tend to cause respiratory infections and flu-like symptoms. Flu vaccines contain inactivated forms of the influenza virus, which causes the flu. There are no vaccines for any coronavirus diseases that affect humans, which include some versions of the common cold.Masks can make you sick by forcing you to inhale your own viral particles: As in the above point, you don’t already have coronavirus in you from previous vaccines. In addition, you cannot reinfect yourself or make your viral load worse by wearing a face mask. Face masks offer some degree of protection from external particles and significantly help protect others from particles you exhale. They have been shown to slow the spread of disease, and have been commonly worn throughout Asia for decades during periods of seasonal illness.Staying indoors will weaken your immune system because it’s not “natural.”: Tell that to medieval monks who spent months indoors working on illuminated manuscripts! Staying indoors and away from other people has been one of the most effective techniques we’ve employed to flatten the curve of infection. It’s one of the primary reasons many places on earth are even able to re-open in the first place. Your immune system does not atrophy like a muscle and does not become weaker if you avoid illness-causing particles for extended periods of time. Plenty of “natural” things are also deadly. Spider venom, hemlock and the bubonic plague are all naturally-occurring and can kill you.The elites created COVID-19 to make billions on mandatory vaccines and treatments: There are no vaccines available for COVID-19, and plenty of billionaires have seen their net worth tank as stocks tumbled during the pandemic. Any treatments available for COVID-19 are experimental at best. There are no plans to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory, but some pro-vaccine figures like Bill Gates are staunch advocates for increased testing and travel restrictions. Oh, and he didn’t make the virus, either. Tap or click here to see what he’s talking about.
People are naturally curious, and as a result, we’re drawn to new information that fits with our existing beliefs. This is one of the reasons why lies and fake news spread faster on social media than factual information. Everyone wants to feel like they’re privy to “insider knowledge,” and the urge to share content only fans the flames of the issue. And when online platforms like Facebook and Twitter take it upon themselves to remove information that can cause harm or confusion, it leads to cries of censorship and bias — which can be tough to overcome. Ultimately, to see through fake news and conspiracy theories, you need to have the facts on your side. Scientists immediately rolled their eyes at this clip because they knew the facts didn’t fit and that the science was worse. If you see a clip that seems to immediately gratify your suspicions, emotions and deeply-held beliefs, take some time to look at it critically. Viral videos are engineered to get as many shares as possible, and they do this by preying on our emotions and feelings — no lab required! Stick to the facts, and you won’t be putting yourself in harm’s way. The information contained in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as health or medical advice. Always consult a physician or other qualified health provider regarding any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, advice, or health objectives.
