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John B. Wilkes. John St. Helen. David E. George. These names are not as well known as the infamous assassin conspiracy theorists say may have used them as aliases: John Wilkes Booth. The bloody conflict that was the Civil War was coming to an end when Booth, an actor and Confederacy zealot, shot President Abraham … Read more
China ‘promoting flimsy theories that Covid-19 originated outside the country’ as WHO experts begin their investigation in Wuhan WHO experts begin their investigation in Wuhan into the pandemic’s source State-run media leapt on report that a woman from Milan with symptoms in 2019 Beijing leaders have made repeated attempts to divert blame for the pandemic … Read more
‘There’s nothing wrong with the hair’: Shane Warne explains why he’s been wearing flat caps while commentating on cricket as he denies fan theories that he’s going bald By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:32 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 06:33 GMT, 7 January 2021 He’s made the flat cap a wardrobe … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today claimed that allegations she lied about a meeting with her predecessor Alex Salmond were ‘wild conspiracy theories’. Scotland’s First Minister met with Alex Salmond in her home on April 2 2018, where he outlined complaints of sexual harassment made against him. Earlier this week, SNP chief executive Peter Murrell – Ms Sturgeon’s … Read more
A NHS nurse has been suspended for spreading Covid conspiracy theories including that face masks help spread the virus and likening vaccines to ‘genocide’. Colleagues reported Tracey McCallum to bosses at Crosshouse Hospital in Ayrshire, Scotland, after she branded the outbreak a ‘scamdemic’. The 45-year-old from Darvel was also reported to the Nursing and Midwifery Council after telling people vitamins and … Read more
Anti-vaxx conspiracy theories are still being peddled on social media despite tech companies promising crackdown Analysis by the Daily Mail shows online firms are failing to remove harmful posts Charities warned misleading online posts could hinder efforts to roll out vaccine Social posts mentioning Bill Gates trebled in a day after vaccine announcement By Kate Pickles … Read more
By Luke Andrews for MailOnline The announcement that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine could be up to 90 per cent effective has sparked claims society could go back to normal by spring next year. But with most data from the trials still unpublished, several scientists have sounded a note of caution over whether the vaccine will work. … Read more
Spreading anti-vaccine conspiracy theories online should be a crime, according to some of Britain’s top scientists. The Royal Society and British Academy institutions have together called for laws to be drawn up about spreading bogus claims about vaccination on the internet. A huge leap forward in the fight against coronavirus was announced yesterday when it … Read more
Up to one-third of people believe the coronavirus was engineered in a laboratory in Wuhan, China – where the pandemic originated, a new study suggests. Researchers found that around 23 percent of people in the UK and the US believe the unproven conspiracy theory and labeled it as ‘reliable’ information. In Ireland, the number jumped … Read more
Disgraced rapper Wiley has continued to spout conspiracy theories on an unregulated app after he was banned from Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The 41-year-old was blocked from the social media giants and YouTube three months ago after posting a series of hateful rants. But since last week, he has uploaded tons of statuses and videos … Read more