Covid must have multiple but I don’t remember hearing about any concrete ones.
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adhd_traco@piefed.social 3 days ago
Deep State
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_conspiracy_theory_in_the_United_StatesThe moon landing was fake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theoriesProof of aliens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_conspiracy_theories
There is so much material out there from people in the CIA itself telling how the cannon of all this stuff is them making people believe that shit, e.g. area 51 to distract from actual weapon testing.
Anti-vaxx and other covid related stuff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation
PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 3 days ago
queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I remember “Covid was a Chinese bioweapon” being popular, alongside “Covid is fake and just an excuse for the government to inject us with 5G microchips”
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I was scratching my head about this “vaccination with 5G chips” when I heard it. Apart from not being feasible, I was wondering where they got this absurd idea from.
Until I stumbled over a product: You can buy syringes with embedded RFID chips. That you can use to track “best before” dates and lot numbers with. Or one can check if they forgot one inside the patient after a surgery. It has, of course, nothing to do with the contents of the syringes, and of course it is not 5G but NFC/RFID. But yea, for the stupid and confused this is close enough.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The “bioweapon” thing really triggers me. Even if that were true, these racists be attacking anyone that looks Chinese and blame literal civillians for something that a government allegedly did. Absolutely insane.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That’s because it got mixed up with the very real and muddy “lab leak vs natural jump” debate.
man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You forgot flat earth.
Nasan@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Hollow earth is a fun one too.
adhd_traco@piefed.social 2 days ago
Definitely up there. I didn’t include it because others mentioned it already when I wrote this.