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Coronovirus is a hoax

146 replies

MamaFrey29 · 26/04/2020 06:24

I don't understand this theory AT ALL. How can people seriously believe this?

People are dying and yet, there are people who don't believe this and think hospitals are empty.

Not sure the point of this post. I guess to hear that other people think this theory is crazy!?

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DoTheNextRightThing · 26/04/2020 08:03

*real

frumpety · 26/04/2020 08:10

@DoTheNextRightThing What all birds ?

BeyondMyWits · 26/04/2020 08:10

my brother is a big conspiracy theorist. He added (to the hoax theory) that they will test everyone when we all get back to normal and those who took time off with "the virus" will be sacked.

He tells me - (he has a number of "theories" that just wash over me on the weekly family facetime) - it is just the flu. If it is not, it was released by the eco-warriors to reset the world. We will never have cheap flights again. We will never buy all our crap from China again.

JaneJeffer · 26/04/2020 08:10

But the birds aren't real because they have all been killed by 5G. Fake birds.

dottiedodah · 26/04/2020 08:11

There are always going to be people who find a conspiracy with almost anything! One of my Cousins is a Doctor in a Northern Hospital and has had CV as almost everyone there caught it .She is better now and back at work .The whole concept of a Virus "from nowhere" rocking up and threatening our lives and wellbeing ,is the stuff of Sci/Fi and Horror movies and doesnt seem real even though it very much is!

Cam77 · 26/04/2020 08:12

I don’t think theres any hoax going on. But we certainly shouldn’t be banning people refuting government version of events in any kind of free society. I watched that interview with David Icke on Youtube that Ofcom pulled from broadcast on a minor radio station and which influential journalists have asked to be banned..... Nothing outrageous to it at all really, mostly just setting out that in the years to come governments may take this as an opportunity to further encroach on civil liberties by the backdooor (seems fairly plausible to me). It was fairly substandard and boring actually, I was expecting a lot more juice.

.... you know the world’s got problems when David ’s icke conspiracies and musings are less guffaw inducing than those of the POTUS.

Anyway, in a free society people have a right to chat shit, come up with unlikely conspiracies, and claim that governments have dark motives. And when our politicians spout barrages of shit in order for us to elect them (or support idiocy like Brexit) it is gross hypocrisy to ask the public to refrain from doing the same.

Lemonblast · 26/04/2020 08:18

Jeez OP you do realise that a thread like this attracts the crazy? It’s almost like a klaxon goes off.

ivegonegreyfindingausername · 26/04/2020 08:25

I think that there will be continue to be theories and hoax rumours, it doesn't help when people have died in hospital of natural causes and the hospital records it as corona because the alternative is to wait 7/8weeks for an autopsy. No autopsy on a corona death and then the burial can take place.

sashh · 26/04/2020 08:25

If you want to have a laugh and be scared at the same time have a look at David Ikes interviews.

SoupDragon · 26/04/2020 08:26

It's caused by 5G!

This one is just so dumb! I mean how thick would you need to be to believe it is possible?

MockersxxxxxxxSocialDistancing · 26/04/2020 08:29

The so-called "dead" are all living on a secret island with the passengers on Malaysian Airlines and everyone who worked on the moon landings hoax.

It's only a minority of contributors who actually believe this stuff. The great majority are trolls and online hooligans and Russian internet researchers.

Who all live on a secret island.

JaneJeffer · 26/04/2020 08:32

Does the Dharma Institute have anything to do with this island Mockers?

Apixiee · 26/04/2020 08:32

Without exception every single hoaxer I know in real life has done way to much coke and has a serious paranoia problem.

Smile and nod

JaneJeffer · 26/04/2020 08:34
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Lovemusic33 · 26/04/2020 08:36

Same people who believe the earth is flat, some people just don’t want to believe what has been proven to be fact.

Greenpop21 · 26/04/2020 08:36

I know of 2 people who have died from it in hospital. Relatives of colleagues and over 70.
Some people just live a conspiracy theory but I don’t see how this could even get off the ground.

andhessixfeetten · 26/04/2020 08:48

“2020s - hey Big Brother have you got a recipe for fondue”

Bread and Circuses

Patchworksack · 26/04/2020 08:54

I don't think it's a hoax but I can understand the massive dissonance for some of the population. I have several times been sitting in my garden in the sunshine and really struggled to believe the news that I am hearing. There has been a suppression of direct first person reports from hospitals and staff have been told not to talk to the press. I think as a family we've actually had CV and recovered just before lockdown so we have been fairly isolated for 7 weeks, which is enough to drive anyone crazy, but there have not been many deaths here in the SW, so when a parent a school died yesterday that was my first altercation with the 'killer virus' that the media is portraying. 😢

Weregoingonanadventure · 26/04/2020 08:57

I have 2 hospitals near me. One of them has a ward for covid patients with 24 beds. There are only 12 people in there.
The rest of the hospital is a ghost town; almost everything has been cancelled. The place is empty. I dont know about the other hospital because I dont know anyone working there.

It's not a hoax. People are dieing. Some areas are worse than others. But there is absolutely no reason for our hospitals to sit empty whilst people could die from other causes because they arent being operated on or treated.

bobstersmum · 26/04/2020 09:05

My brother keeps pointing out that on an average day approximately 1400-1600 people die in the UK on any normal day. And that the government are trying to apportion some of these to coronavirus.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 26/04/2020 09:08

With hospitals they're trying to keep CV19 patients separate as it's highly infectious, so it may seem quiet in standard A&E.

Plus all of the twats who used to go with a splinter in their finger (and of course, take their entire families along to keep them company and occupy all of the seats while they waited, and loudly complain about how long they'd been there) are no longer bothering to go.

Lemonblast · 26/04/2020 09:09

‘I think that there will be continue to be theories and hoax rumours, it doesn't help when people have died in hospital of natural causes and the hospital records it as corona because the alternative is to wait 7/8weeks for an autopsy. No autopsy on a corona death and then the burial can take place.’

Where are you getting this information from ?

Lemonblast · 26/04/2020 09:14

‘My brother keeps pointing out that on an average day approximately 1400-1600 people die in the UK on any normal day. And that the government are trying to apportion some of these to coronavirus.’

So has your brother is a doctor then? Given that he is one of the ones being forced to complete fradulent MCCDs?

Lemonblast · 26/04/2020 09:18

t's not a hoax. People are dieing. Some areas are worse than others. ‘But there is absolutely no reason for our hospitals to sit empty whilst people could die from other causes because they arent being operated on or treated.’

Agree. After the initial fire fighting to try and reduce the numbers of people dying, we now have to create a health service which can care for covid patients safely alongside those who do not have covid.
In the meantime, people need to continue to take responsibility for their own health and seek help. GPs phone lines are still taking phonecalls and will triage patients.
A&E depts have NEVER closed.

We have to create a new normal.

BreatheAndFocus · 26/04/2020 09:21

People in hospital are tested! They know they have Coronavirus before they die. You can’t just make up info on a death certificate!

I hate conspiracy theories. I used to find them funny but now I think they’re unutterable sad. Watch that documentary about Flat Earthers. The level of scientific ignorance and self-deception is shocking. Not to mention those who see it as a money-making opportunity - making a fortune out of the gullible.

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