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FAKE NEWS: Vaccines have caused a 74% increase in mortality rates
FAKE NEWS: Vaccines have caused a 74% increase in mortality rates

Anti-Covid vaccines are responsible for the huge and sudden increase “sudden deaths” and serious illness, a conspiracy publication claims.

Cezar Manu
27 Nov 2024
FAKE NEWS: Mark Zuckerberg knew that anti-Covid vaccines are harmful
FAKE NEWS: Mark Zuckerberg knew that anti-Covid vaccines are harmful

The Meta leadership knew about the negative effects of the anti-Covid vaccines and concealed the truth, conspiracy theorists claim.

Cezar Manu
02 Sep 2024
FAKE NEWS: Japan admits anti-Covid vaccines are harmful
FAKE NEWS: Japan admits anti-Covid vaccines are harmful

The Japanese government has declared a state of emergency due to the devastating effects of anti-Covid vaccines, a Romanian conspiracy publication claims.

Cezar Manu
28 Aug 2024
FAKE NEWS: US justice says anti-Covid sera are not vaccines
FAKE NEWS: US justice says anti-Covid sera are not vaccines

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that anti-Covid vaccines are not vaccines, claims a narrative picked up by Romanian conspiracy theorists.

Cezar Manu
12 Aug 2024
From the Apocalypse to the “Great Reset”: The Good, The Bad and The East
From the Apocalypse to the “Great Reset”: The Good, The Bad and The East

One of the most recently developed conspiracy theories is the one about the “Great Reset”, whereby the “World Government” is purportedly seeking to establish a totalitarian regime on a global scale.

Marian Voicu
11 Apr 2024
The Great Healthcare Reset
The Great Healthcare Reset

Fewer and fewer Romanians are getting vaccinated, a trend that gained momentum during the Covid-19 pandemic. The phenomenon is related to conspiracy theories regarding the population being made sick intentionally.

Cezar Manu
08 Apr 2024
FAKE NEWS: People who got the anti-Covid shot are contaminating those that didn’t
FAKE NEWS: People who got the anti-Covid shot are contaminating those that didn’t

According to a well-known website that propagates conspiracy theories, people who are not vaccinated against Covid get contaminated by the spike protein in the vaccinated ones, through the phenomenon known as shedding.

Cezar Manu
06 Feb 2024
FAKE NEWS: “Sudden death” is actually the effect of anti-COVID vaccination
FAKE NEWS: “Sudden death” is actually the effect of anti-COVID vaccination

To conceal the deaths caused by anti-COVID vaccines, the term “sudden death” was coined, says a well-known anti-vaxx publication.

Cezar Manu
22 Jan 2024
FAKE NEWS: mRNA vaccines cause physical disabilities in women
FAKE NEWS: mRNA vaccines cause physical disabilities in women

mRNA vaccines have caused an increase in cases of physical disability among American working women, according to a new conspiracy theory.

Cezar Manu
15 Jan 2024
FAKE NEWS: Measles vaccines for children are a biological weapon
FAKE NEWS: Measles vaccines for children are a biological weapon

Now that a measles epidemic was declared, children will be injected with a biological weapon, according to a narrative promoted by a well-known conspiracy peddling website.

Cezar Manu
15 Dec 2023
FAKE NEWS: Covid-19 vaccines cause mental illness
FAKE NEWS: Covid-19 vaccines cause mental illness

Insomnia, depression and anxiety are among the effects of the Covid19 vaccines, claim the latest anti-vaccine theories, also promoted in Romania.

Cezar Manu
17 Oct 2023
FAKE NEWS: The flu vaccine will be used to manipulate people
FAKE NEWS: The flu vaccine will be used to manipulate people

The flu vaccine contains elements of nanotechnology, which will be used to control the human being, says a gynecologist, known as a conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer.

Cezar Manu
03 Oct 2023
FAKE NEWS: Anti-COVID-19 vaccines reduce life expectancy in men by 24 years
FAKE NEWS: Anti-COVID-19 vaccines reduce life expectancy in men by 24 years

The life expectancy of men who’ve taken the anti-COVID-19 shot has diminished, according to a false narrative quoting an American study with a completely different focus of research.

Cezar Manu
19 Sep 2023
FAKE NEWS: Myocarditis-related deaths, linked to anti-COVID vaccination
FAKE NEWS: Myocarditis-related deaths, linked to anti-COVID vaccination

A study unrecognized by the medical community claims myocarditis, a disease that killed a large number of patients in the last two years, is tied to anti-COVID-19 vaccination.

Cezar Manu
23 Aug 2023
FAKE NEWS: The Covid19 vaccine causes testicular cancer
FAKE NEWS: The Covid19 vaccine causes testicular cancer

Vaccination against Covid19 is the cause of testicular cancer in four football players from the German first league, according to Activenews.ro, an online publication that has promoted numerous false narratives about the coronavirus. Although, statistically speaking, in this case the incidence of the disease is four times higher than normal, when the article was published, the experts had not established a common cause of the disease in the four young athletes. Moreover, it is not even known whether they have been vaccinated against Covid19.

Veridica
07 Oct 2022
FAKE NEWS: Iohannis and Patriarch Daniel made a secret deal to have the Church support coronavirus vaccination in exchange for relaxing restrictions on religious services.
FAKE NEWS: Iohannis and Patriarch Daniel made a secret deal to have the Church support coronavirus vaccination in exchange for relaxing restrictions on religious services.

Patriarch Daniel's urging Romanians to get vaccinated is the result of "secret deals" between him and the head of state, Klaus Iohannis, after the meeting they had in February. The fact that the Easter services were allowed this year would be the result of a trade-off between the Church and the Presidency, so that the ROC priests become promoters of vaccination.

Vaccine Geopolitics and the Apple of Discord
Vaccine Geopolitics and the Apple of Discord

Eversince the pandemic started in early 2020, Russia saw a window of opportunity to gain tactical advantages. While the West was overwhelmed by the medical crisis and was attempting to stop the spread of the Virus, Moscow was using official and informal channels to undermine its credibility. 

Antivax.bg: How vaccine hesitancy gained confidence in Bulgaria
Antivax.bg: How vaccine hesitancy gained confidence in Bulgaria

After several strong fake news waves in recent years, antivax sentiments are gaining momentum and cause fears even in the non-conspirative thinkers.

Manipulation that we like. Or conspirativitis as a rational reaction to functional illiteracy
Manipulation that we like. Or conspirativitis as a rational reaction to functional illiteracy

With only 20-30% of the population determined to get vaccinated against Covid at first call, Romania is at the bottom of the ranking, alongside France, a vaccine-skeptical country by tradition (and proud of it). We are tempted to blame domestic and foreign propaganda, the influence of the church or the manipulation of political leaders with personal agendas. But we too easily ignore the structural conditions that make us vulnerable not only to anti-vaccination campaigns, but in general to the understanding of a growing number of complicated phenomena, which, because of modernity and the Internet, come upon us in real time, leaving us no space to breathe.

FAKE NEWS: Criticizing coronasceptics is an act of censorship
FAKE NEWS: Criticizing coronasceptics is an act of censorship

Criticism of TVR's slips in the New Year's Eve program is categorized as an attempt to censor those who make fun of Klaus Iohannis.