{"id":4644,"date":"2021-04-26T14:16:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1307007.us31.myftpupload.com\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:30:37","slug":"fact-check-four-covid-19-misinformation-and-vaccine-conspiracy-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/fact-check-four-covid-19-misinformation-and-vaccine-conspiracy-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT-CHECK: Four COVID-19 misinformation and vaccine conspiracy theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CORONAVIRUS-RECOVERED-595.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"397\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CORONAVIRUS-RECOVERED-595.jpeg 595w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CORONAVIRUS-RECOVERED-595-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CORONAVIRUS-RECOVERED-595-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CORONAVIRUS-RECOVERED-595-420x280.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Claim:<\/strong>\u00a0Four claims about COVID-19 and vaccine conspiracies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0WhatsApp video<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Four\u00a0claims are<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>FALSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Researched by Gifty Tracy Aminu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A video clip, with portions of it being an audio recording of an interview, is circulating on WhatsApp and peddling several COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories and misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Tagged as \u201cForwarded many times\u201d on WhatsApp, some anti-vaxxers speaking in an indigenous Ghanaian Language-Twi, captured on the audio-visual material claimed COVID-19 vaccines were produced with the sole aim of destroying Africans.<\/p>\n<p>This fact-check report sought to verify four claims made in the 18 minutes and 58 seconds long video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TRACY-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"373\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TRACY-1.png 696w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TRACY-1-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Claim:<\/strong>\u00a0Four claims about COVID-19 and vaccine conspiracies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0WhatsApp video<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Four\u00a0claims are<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>FALSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Researched by Gifty Tracy Aminu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A video clip, with portions of it being an audio recording of an interview, is circulating on WhatsApp and peddling several COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories and misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Tagged as \u201cForwarded many times\u201d on WhatsApp, some anti-vaxxers speaking in an indigenous Ghanaian Language-Twi, captured on the audio-visual material claimed COVID-19 vaccines were produced with the sole aim of destroying Africans.<\/p>\n<p>This fact-check report sought to verify four claims made in the 18 minutes and 58 seconds long video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim:\u00a0Four claims about COVID-19 and vaccine conspiracies Source:\u00a0WhatsApp video Verdict:\u00a0Four\u00a0claims are\u00a0FALSE Researched by Gifty Tracy Aminu A 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