Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic started, several conspiracy theories have flooded in. We’ve picked out the most outrageous ones for you.
The mysterious case of Wuhan-400
It was one of the first conspiracy theories and, it was eerily scary. A 1981 book by Dean Koontz titled The Eyes of Darkness has the following accurate phrase. “..around 2020 severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments.” It even mentioned a biological weapon developed in RDNA labs outside Wuhan. Paired with the fear of coronavirus being a bioweapon, this caused havoc.
It is not true as the virus originated in a wet market. The book is just another piece of dystopian literature.
Netflix is behind the pandemic
People blamed Netflix to be a culprit for COVID-19. Why? With cinemas closing and people having to stay indoors, people claimed that Netflix knew about this beforehand. It linked how the streaming king’s shares rose when the global stock market was collapsing.
As if that was not enough, the surplus of pandemic documentaries and movies acted like flames to the fire.
It’s safe to say that even though Netflix and other streaming giants benefited during this situation, they are not the culprits.
On Bill Gates, vaccines and microchips
A conspiracy theory made its rounds through social media about how the Gates Foundation profited from the COVID-19 vaccine. It also claimed that the vaccine implants a microchip. The conspiracy grew from a YouTuber’s tweet about a 2015 patent by Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom for an avian coronavirus vaccine.
It was a case of misinformation from a presentation given by Bill Gates. It was about how unequipped the global health community is to face a pandemic.
It’s a ‘Plandemic‘
A 26-minute long YouTube video claimed that the COVID-19 health crisis was pre-planned. The video featured a discredited researcher who claimed that vaccines were a money-making machine that causes harm. They also claimed that masks activate the virus. It stated that big pharma companies would benefit from this.
However, this video has since been removed by YouTube since they were all false claims.
The 5G waves in Wuhan
Wuhan is one of the first places in the world to get a 5G connection. Wuhan is also the birthplace of the virus. A gossip website claimed that exposure to 5G waves has adverse effects-especially, flu-like symptoms. It also claimed that the coronavirus was a cover to hide the harmful effects of 5G. The World Health Organisation rendered it false.
Despite all the commotion that these conspiracy theories created for a few days or weeks, these are all false. It does not hold any credibility.
