Last Week Tonight with John Oliver takes on Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

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some highlights:

• an Adele song about terraplanism
• shirtless John Cena
• an adult person with no object permanence (if i can't see the patients, they don't exist!)

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[krystiocracy]

are all this conspiracy theorists aware that pandemics have happened SO MANY TIMES over the course of documented human history???????????

it sucks but it's not some impossible thing like aliens landing in the middle of Times Square or something!!!!!! read a book!!!!!!

[krystiocracy]

a very cool brief history of pandemics from a not-trash YouTuber Lindsay Holiday, really fascinating:

https://youtu.be/C-82e3CA9rU

[ree7aan]

LOVE her channel. i watch her historical stuff when i can't get to sleep.

[xtinkerbellax]

My favorite are the comments about this having to do with the election, conveniently forgetting this is global. Giving way too much credit that people could pull off such a large scale, coordinated effort to oust Trump. I wish.

[spoil]

Gonna watch this on the treadmill later whew!

[ellehcimbelle]

remember when conspiracy theories used to be fringe funny things to read about that only a handful of wackos you'd never meet believed in? compared to now when you have to be afraid that even second person on your facebook page is actively trying to get themselves and everyone around them killed through sheer stupidity sigh.

[britt_m_89]

There's also the conspiracy theory that hospitals are infecting people on purpose just so their tests come back positive.

[xtinkerbellax]

I haven't heard that one but have heard they're marking any death as covid related even if they died in car accidents because they get money that way. People are exhausting lol

[britt_m_89]

I have heard that too and honestly I do think that has happened.

[simplychristina]

That's not even how it works. There is a payment increase available but only for Medicare patients and it is in line with patients treated for similar conditions. Some states allow for "suspected" COVID to go on a patient record and some do not, only accepting confirmed tests.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/medicare-hospitals-covid-patients/

I have had too many conspiracy believer relatives sharing this kind of thing without ever actually looking into how it works.

[jessickah]

Of course Kirstie Allie is a supporter of the plandemic documentary.

The "doctor" featured is disbarred and an anti-vaxxer. I can't believe they lazily used swat stock footage. But of course they did. The "doctor" stating that they can't remember things in the past decade to excuse their lies. I'm going to use that excuse to get out of doing things though.

[xtinkerbellax]

I see a lot of "do your research!" people name her as someone to look into. They think everything the media says is a lie but believe people like her..

[drunkenclaudius]

'Do your research' apparently means reading your aunt's Facebook posts

[littleorcs]

they couldn't even buy a version of the footage without the watermark!