A story published in The Times by Peter Stubley reports on the death of solicitor Leslie Lawrenson. Lawrenson was not vaccinated and died from a COVID-19 infection.
The real story, however, lies behind the reason Lawrenson did not get the jab. He read on social media that governments across the globe were harnessing fear to control populations.
In a post just days before his death, he said, “(COVID) is nothing to be afraid of.”
Lawrenson went on to say people should, “trust your immune system,” rather than get the jab.
In another report by ABC News Breakfast, revealed paid ads on Facebook by American tech writer Kaveh Waddell were all approved. The ads were part of an experiment to see how much misinformation could be published.
The posts claimed COVID-19 was really a hoax, and a dash of bleach with your favourite drink will protect you.
Waddell had seven ads green-lighted, all with outrageous claims. Fortunately, the ads were never seen by the public. The tech writer set out to prove that Facebook is heavily reliant on automated systems, which he says, “don’t seem to be working just right.”
A statement by Facebook on policy updates and protections says it engages with experts and government authorities to keep members of our community safe during this crisis.
Good intent is one thing, reality another. A search by The New York Times found dozens of videos, photographs and posts across various social media platforms disseminating untruths about the virus.
Solicitor Leslie Lawrenson was Cambridge educated and considered by those who knew him as a clever chap. His daughter Carla Hodges said, “He was so brainwashed by the stuff that he was seeing on YouTube and social media, he said: A lot of people will die more from having the vaccine than getting COVID.”
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: SARS-CoV-2 virus is a concern for people everywhere. So too, it seems, Facebook falsehoods are equally fearful.
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Indeed. What did this man study at Uni? One has to ask. What a fool!
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My neighbour is a retired professor who follows Samatha Bailey, a New Zealand doctor who questions the reliability PCR testing. Bailey claims the test developed by Nobel Prize winner Kary Mullins reveals questionable genetic material in the blood due to the number of times the material is amplified and errors introduced. The professor has many convincing arguments to confuse a layman such as myself. I fact-checked a few of his claims–I still trust the advice from epidemiologists.
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