hackenslash wrote:Yup.

And in the UK,too.

German elections 2021: The conspiracy theories targeting voters

Ahead of federal elections this weekend, conspiracy theories have been spreading online, including claims the poll will be invalid because the German state is illegitimate.

Spearthrower wrote:
Nowhere's safe from the crazy.

Anti-vaxxers are galvanising across the country to protest outside schools. Regional Telegram channels are being set up for each city with concerned parents encouraged to demonstrate and share misinfo leaflets

The man who was released from a Co Donegal hospital by anti-vaccination campaigners against medical advice has died in hospital.

Joe McCarron, aged 75, passed away at Letterkenny University Hospital earlier today after a brave fight against Covid-19.

Mr McCarron, who was from Dungloe, had been in hospital for a number of days after contracting the virus.

His case received national and international attention when anti-vaccine protestors encouraged him to sign himself out of the hospital on Tuesday week last.

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin had slammed the removal of Mr McCarron from hospital saying: “If you get it (Covid-19), you should treat it as very serious.

“Certainly, it is outrageous that anyone would, in an ill-informed way, be advising people to leave hospital. It endangers that person’s health.”

The_Piper wrote:One of them was in the hospital telling him they're killing him in there and to check himself out, while the doctor was also there saying he will probably die. The anti-vaxxer then replied "he'll die at home then". The patient looked quite confused. The anti-vaxxer was very adamant and animated convincing him to leave. If that was my father or someone I cared about, I might be banging on (or banging in) that guy's door right about now. Despicable.

Here's the tragic video of Mr McCarron being removed from the intensive care unit at Letterkenny University Hospital a fortnight ago by Antonio Mureddu, an Italian anti-vax and sovereign citizen activist with links to the far-right.

Antonio Mureddu is a "Freeman on the Land" activist. Advocates falsely believe they’re not bound by any laws they have not consented to. He's previously oragnised rallies in support of the Italian right-wing party Lega Nord.

Antonio Mureddu is a "Freeman on the Land" activist. Advocates falsely believe they’re not bound by any laws they have not consented to.

The_Piper wrote:One of them was in the hospital telling him they're killing him in there and to check himself out, while the doctor was also there saying he will probably die. The anti-vaxxer then replied "he'll die at home then". The patient looked quite confused. The anti-vaxxer was very adamant and animated convincing him to leave. If that was my father or someone I cared about, I might be banging on (or banging in) that guy's door right about now. Despicable.

A 25-year-old who had to get a double lung transplant due to COVID-19 said his lungs look like 'chewed up pieces of bubblegum'

ronmcd wrote:

The_Piper wrote:One of them was in the hospital telling him they're killing him in there and to check himself out, while the doctor was also there saying he will probably die. The anti-vaxxer then replied "he'll die at home then". The patient looked quite confused. The anti-vaxxer was very adamant and animated convincing him to leave. If that was my father or someone I cared about, I might be banging on (or banging in) that guy's door right about now. Despicable.

Apparently a known anti-vax and "sovereign citizen" type in Ireland:

Here's the tragic video of Mr McCarron being removed from the intensive care unit at Letterkenny University Hospital a fortnight ago by Antonio Mureddu, an Italian anti-vax and sovereign citizen activist with links to the far-right.

Antonio Mureddu is a "Freeman on the Land" activist. Advocates falsely believe they’re not bound by any laws they have not consented to. He's previously oragnised rallies in support of the Italian right-wing party Lega Nord.

https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1442073750581784577

Despite the fact that fertility experts recommend vaccination against COVID-19 and there are several studies showing no concern for fertility, many people still harbor fears. After all, how can we in medicine be so sure that a vaccine that has been available for less than two years won’t cause a problem 10 years down the road? Wouldn’t we need a 10 year study to prove that?

The answer is no, we don’t need a 10 year study. And I am going to explain why.

Many of the unvaccinated hope the odds are in their favor, and if they do catch COVID-19, they won’t get that sick. That was the case with Tyler Gilreath, a 20-year-old UNCW student who is now brain dead due to complications he suffered after contracting the virus in mid-August. His family plans to take him off life support Monday evening after doctors harvest his organs.

The_Piper wrote:Thank goodness he survived that, but still it's incredibly sad. He's in Georgia, with a lot of antivax germ hoarders. I hope the docs warned him about breakthrough infections. A hospital up here, in the process of encouraging vaccinations, said that 80% of the people in beds were unvaccinated. That's a good reason to get the vaccine, but that's not reassuring to me! A lot of people around here don't seem to understand that they can still get sick enough to be admitted into a hospital even if they're vaccinated. I assume this because of the near universal lack of masks and social distancing among local gray-haired people.