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Covid-19 vaccines: anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theories – podcast – The Guardian
Nicola Davis and Alex Hern explore how Covid vaccine conspiracy theories have emerged and spread, and if there’s anything we can do about them
As Covid-19 spread around the world, conspiracy theories about its origin, severity and prevention followed closely behind. Now attention has turned to vaccines. False claims circulated among anti-vaxxer groups include the theory that Covid vaccines are being used to implant microchips in people and that they will alter a persons DNA. In the second of a two-part exploration into Covid vaccine scepticism, Nicola Davis hears from the Guardians UK technology editor, Alex Hern, and the researcher Joe…
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