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“Died Suddenly”: Resurrecting the old antivax lie of depopulation

Died Suddenly
The claim that vaccines cause previously healthy young people to "die suddenly" is not new. Stew Peters has resurrected this conspiracy theory and applied it to COVID-19 vaccines.

Everything old is new again when it comes to antivax tropes. Died Suddenly resurrects the old antivax conspiracy that vaccines kill, the plan being to cause “depopulation” that would allow “global elites” to control the world.

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To Nuremberg or not to Nuremberg? That is the antivax question.

Nuremberg doctors: A question of justice.
Nazi doctors facing justice in Nuremberg in 1947.

Punishing public health officials for their “crimes” has long been an antivax fantasy. The Brownstone Institute has a question and can’t decide if it agrees, even as it echoes the same rhetoric.

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Dr. Vinay Prasad whines about the “misinformation police.” Hilarity ensues.

Dr. Vinay Prasad vs. the "misinformation police"

COVID-19 contrarian Dr. Vinay Prasad attacks the pandemic “misinformation police.” He needs new material, having recycled the same tropes he used to attack skeptics before the pandemic.

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Criticism and quality control ≠ “Censorship and defamation”

Criticism ≠ censorship
Criticism ≠ censorship.

Minerva published an op-ed disguised as a “study” decrying “censorship and defamation.” It was really just criticism and quality control, but the usual suspects are all over it as evidence of evil.

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“Amnesty” according to Emily Oster: “Admit you were wrong!”

Pandemic "amnesty"?

Economist turned COVID-19 contrarian Emily Oster recently published an article in The Atlantic about offering amnesty and forgiveness over the pandemic. Shorter Oster: “Admit you were wrong!”