Anti Vaccine, Anti Science Rally In DC Today, Legacy of Trump 'Miracle Cure Promises': Facebook

[appalachiablue]

- The "AF" here stands for Trump's fascist-echoing calls for "America First."
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'Anti-science gathering in Wash. D.C. is the legacy of Donald Trump's miracle cure promises,' Daily Kos, 1.22.22.

Saturday marks the two year anniversary of an interview with Donald Trump at the world economic forum following the announcement of the first case of “novel coronavirus” in the United States. Asked if he was worried about a pandemic, this is how Trump replied. “No. Not it all. We have it totally under control. It’s one person, coming in from China. And We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” Trump then goes on to brag about his “great relationship” with Communist Party boss Xi Jinping. That first statement was just one of many that would come over the following months as Trump repeatedly downplayed the threat posed by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

This weekend in Washington D.C., there will be a gathering that’s estimated draw over 10,000 people. These people will not be there to mourn the 887,000 known to have died from the virus in the United States. They won’t be there to celebrate the advances represented by the vaccines, or to call for protections against a wave of virus that represents a growing threat to children. Instead, they’ll be there to carry on Trump’s legacy—downplaying the pandemic, touting false cures, and undermining science. And, of course, they organized this action using the site that, throughout the pandemic, has provided a welcome home to conspiracy theories and harmful claims: Facebook.

As NBC News reports, this weekend has been marked out for an anti-vaccine protest in Washington. That, of course, includes a featured role by Robert Kennedy Jr., who is currently suing Daily Kos in the attempt to dox an anonymous poster, along with his badly misnamed “Children’s Health Defense Fund.” Kennedy’s group will gather with other like-mindless groups and individuals — thanks to their ability to organize on a platform that continues to provide a centralized meeting place for misinformation and disinformation while churning out a pretense of action.

-- “The rally has been largely organized on Facebook and some extremist internet forums, and organizers have raised at least $200,000 on a crowdfunding site. Some nearby hotels in Virginia are sold out ahead of the event, according to the event’s organizers, who are arranging last-minute travel plans for latecomers.” -- Really, that should be Facebook and other extremist internet forums. But the group isn’t just gathering to promote lies about vaccines, or just to spread lies about the danger posed by the pandemic, or just to spread lies about the origins of the virus. They are also there to spread lies about COVID-19 treatments...

- More,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/22/2076183/-Anti-science-gathering-in-Washington-D-C-is-the-legacy-of-Donald-Trump-s-miracle-cure-promises
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- Also: NBC News, 'Organized on Facebook, a ‘who’s who’ of anti-vaccine activists head to D.C.' 1.21.22, The event adds momentum to activists who continue to find ways to spread false and misleading claims about Covid vaccines, now often focusing on mandates as an entry point.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/organized-facebook-s-anti-vaccine-activists-head-dc-rcna12806

[Moebym]

1. "We will not comply?"

Don't blame us if you die.

[Walleye]

2. They are also there to spread the Covid virus

[Botany]

3. "The rally has been largely organized on Facebook." aka Russian disinformation

Link to tweet

Please stay unvaxed .... those graves, crematoriums, and ICU Beds will be willing to take you
stupid mother fuckers.

BTW AF also can stand for "as fuck."

[appalachiablue]

4. Glad to see this info on the CDC, tx.