Debunked: Anti-Vaxxers claim Mpox outbreak is a ‘scandemic’
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00:00Anti-vax and anti-lockdown misinformation is back,
00:03now targeting the latest mpox outbreak,
00:06labelling it a scandemic.
00:08The twist, while we're told to panic,
00:10the real virus might just be in our wallets.
00:12They want to restart the COVID hysteria
00:14so they can justify more lockdowns,
00:17more mail-in ballots,
00:18trying to do the same thing all over again
00:20by rigging the most important election
00:23in the history of our country.
00:25The situation constitutes a public health emergency
00:28of international concern.
00:29It's the largest mpox outbreak in Central Africa.
00:32Sweden has reported a case.
00:33Pakistan, I think, has reported some cases.
00:35Mpox is a rare virus from the same family as smallpox
00:39and is passed through close contact.
00:41The overall case fatality rate
00:43reported in the outbreak is about 4%,
00:47considerably higher than COVID.
00:48Now, most of those deaths are in children.
00:51Well, Bill Gates is at the centre
00:53of this conspiracy theory.
00:55Again, false claims are circulating
00:57that mpox is a scheme by big pharma
01:00and figures like Bill Gates
01:01to push more vaccines on people.
01:03Some people online are even suggesting
01:06that COVID vaccines caused mpox symptoms
01:09as part of a ploy to increase vaccination
01:12across the world.
01:13Vaccination is likely to be
01:14the most important component of control.
01:16So it's known to be a very safe vaccine,
01:18very well tolerated.
01:20Conspiracy theories in the US
01:21are also suggesting that lockdowns
01:23could be used to manipulate
01:25the upcoming elections
01:26in the US in November
01:28by relying on mail-in ballots
01:30so the Democrats can rig the votes.
01:32Just in time for mass mail-in ballots,
01:34pandemics used to be
01:35a once-in-a-century thing.
01:37Now they coincide with
01:38every presidential election.
01:39The outcome of disinformation
01:41will be pretty minimal,
01:42probably for many of the people
01:43spreading the disinformation,
01:45but could be catastrophic
01:47for the populations most at risk
01:49and who stand most to benefit
01:51from vaccination.