18 July 2024 – Russell Brand’s guest David Martin makes stuff up from a document he may not have read. If the WHO is a “criminal cartel”, all other UN agencies – the International Seabed Authority, for example – are too.
18 July 2024 – Social media users have reacted angrily to an X post that suggests Alan Winde, the Democratic Alliance premier of the Western Cape, is a “new world order globalist”. But the post is just a clumsy parody.
21 May 2024 – The agreement to better prepare the world for future pandemics is a new target of conspiracy theorists. But it’s yet to be finalised, so South Africa couldn’t have signed it.
21 May 2024 – Pharma giant AstraZeneca has acknowledged the rare side effect of its coronavirus vaccine for years. The drug has now been withdrawn simply because it can’t compete with newer and better alternatives.
17 May 2024 – The treaty is conspiracy theorists’ new bugaboo. But there’s been no public backlash and the voluntary agreement – still being hammered out by World Health Organization member states – hasn’t been abandoned.
17 April 2024 – People can still get an mRNA coronavirus vaccine in Japan – they just have to pay for it. And the country’s ageing population has nothing to do with the jab.
12 March 2024 – The conspiracist website Real Raw News makes up false stories about public figures it dislikes being executed at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay. Its latest subject is the World Health Organization’s Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu.
12 February 2024 – “Disease X” is simply a placeholder name for a possible future pandemic, used in planning a response to such an outbreak. Conspiracy theorists have hijacked the name to spread their special brand of fear.
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