Covid-19 nonsense peddled by celebrities needs to be challenged

Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton shared a post on social media insinuating the Covid-19 pandemic was a ruse by Bill Gates to microchip people. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

In times of great upheaval, toxic fictions too frequently fill the void left by uncertainty. Covid-19 has seen a staggering change in all our lives, and in the rush for answers, disinformation about the disease has spread as aggressively as its virological instigator. One curious facet of this has been the spectacle of high-profile celebrities pushing dubious nonsense. Madonna recently insisted that a vaccine existed but was suppressed by sinister agents.

These high-profile examples are just a sampling of famous figures pushing demonstrably wrong-headed views to their millions of followers. Nor is this phenomenon confined solely to entertainment figures, with politicians across the political spectrum worldwide sharing nonsense claims about the virus.

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