How the 'Plandemic' conspiracy theory took hold
In just a few days, the bogus Covid-19 claims of a discredited research scientist spread to millions via YouTube, Facebook and other video-sharing sitesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage
To have one viral sensation, Oscar Wilde might have said, is unfortunate. But to have two smacks of carelessness. And that’s what we have. The first is Covid-19, about which much printer’s ink has already been spilled. The second is , a 26-minute featuring , a former research scientist and inveterate conspiracy theorist who blames the coronavirus outbreak on big pharma, Bill Gates and the World Health Organization. She also claims that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (which is headed by Dr Anthony Fauci) showing vaccines in 2011 by her on a supposed link between a retrovirus and chronic fatigue syndrome that it had accepted in 2009.
