Debunked: Anti-Vaxxers claim mpox outbreak is a ‘scandemic’

The Independent

Debunked: Anti-Vaxxers claim Mpox outbreak is a ‘scandemic’

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00:00Anti-vax and anti-lockdown misinformation is back,

00:03now targeting the latest mpox outbreak,

00:06labelling it a scandemic.

00:08The twist, while we're told to panic,

00:10the real virus might just be in our wallets.

00:12They want to restart the COVID hysteria

00:14so they can justify more lockdowns,

00:17more mail-in ballots,

00:18trying to do the same thing all over again

00:20by rigging the most important election

00:23in the history of our country.

00:25The situation constitutes a public health emergency

00:28of international concern.

00:29It's the largest mpox outbreak in Central Africa.

00:32Sweden has reported a case.

00:33Pakistan, I think, has reported some cases.

00:35Mpox is a rare virus from the same family as smallpox

00:39and is passed through close contact.

00:41The overall case fatality rate

00:43reported in the outbreak is about 4%,

00:47considerably higher than COVID.

00:48Now, most of those deaths are in children.

00:51Well, Bill Gates is at the centre

00:53of this conspiracy theory.

00:55Again, false claims are circulating

00:57that mpox is a scheme by big pharma

01:00and figures like Bill Gates

01:01to push more vaccines on people.

01:03Some people online are even suggesting

01:06that COVID vaccines caused mpox symptoms

01:09as part of a ploy to increase vaccination

01:12across the world.

01:13Vaccination is likely to be

01:14the most important component of control.

01:16So it's known to be a very safe vaccine,

01:18very well tolerated.

01:20Conspiracy theories in the US

01:21are also suggesting that lockdowns

01:23could be used to manipulate

01:25the upcoming elections

01:26in the US in November

01:28by relying on mail-in ballots

01:30so the Democrats can rig the votes.

01:32Just in time for mass mail-in ballots,

01:34pandemics used to be

01:35a once-in-a-century thing.

01:37Now they coincide with

01:38every presidential election.

01:39The outcome of disinformation

01:41will be pretty minimal,

01:42probably for many of the people

01:43spreading the disinformation,

01:45but could be catastrophic

01:47for the populations most at risk

01:49and who stand most to benefit

01:51from vaccination.

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