grams through his foundation, has been alleged to have created
and patented the virus for use in mind control. The Plandemic
videos earlier this year spun similar theories of dark plots.
One vulnerability of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, from
the standpoint of public relations, is that the technology they
use smacks superficially of genetic manipulation; thus they have
picked up some flak from the anti-GMO movement, which resists
genetically-modified organisms in food. Most conventional vac-
cines work by using a protein common to the target virus to trick
the body’s immune system into making antibodies. Instead of a
protein, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines use messenger RNA, a
type of genetic material, which delegates to the body’s cells the job
of making the decoy protein—in the case of SARS-Cov-2 virus, the
infamous spike protein that allows the virus to infect human cells.
The use of mRNA is a big reason scientists were able to develop the
vaccines so quickly.
It’s reasonable to have doubts about the safety of new bio-tech-
nology, of course—particularly when someone wants to inject it
into you, your family, friends and the nation’s 300 million citizens.
Medical experts point to the unprecedented size of the clinical
trials being used to test these vaccines, which have involved, in the
case of Moderna and Pfizer, more than 60,000 people. These trials
would not necessarily uncover all the problems that vaccines might
entail when given to tens or hundreds of millions of people. Health
officials can point to data and history, but in the end they are ask-
ing people to take some risk. There’s no real-world experience to
confirm the safety of these vaccines established in clinical trials.
This is the grain of truth that allows these kinds of conspiracy
theories to sprout.The Nightmare Scenario
as the coronavirus rages in the u.s., officials worry that
denial of the disease’s severity and distrust of the medical estab-
lishment could prolong the COVID pandemic, similar to what
happened when Ebola arose in West Africa in 2014.
At the time, most people in those nations did not know the
disease. The first reaction among many was disbelief: A disease
that supposedly killed nine out of 10 victims in horrible fashion
couldn’t possibly be real. Denial
that such a disease could even
exist proved to be an obstacle.
Many Africans questioned the
motives of public health offi-
cials who imposed quarantine“WE NEED
TO GO INTO
COMMUNITIES
WHERE
THERE IS
SKEPTICISM
AND get
engaged.”