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People Who Fell Sick At Conspiracy Theory Conference Think They Were Poisoned With Anthrax

People Who Fell Sick At Conspiracy Theory Conference Think They Were Poisoned With Anthrax

People Who Fell Sick At Conspiracy Theory Conference Think They Were Poisoned With Anthrax

A group of unvaccinated people who recently attended the conspiracy theory tour, ReAwaken America, in Dallas, Texas, have claimed to have been poisoned by anthrax after many of them have become unwell.

Amongst the group of speakers who were present at the 10 December tour included known QAnon conspiracist and son of the former President, Eric Trump, and American lobbyist Roger Stone, who claimed that the Covid vaccine injured or killed hundreds of thousands of people. 

Also present was the author of the bizarre claim that vaccines are being spread through salad dressing, Michael Flynn, and Joe Oltmann, a conservative podcast host who espoused QAnon theories. 

Let us also not forget the thousands of unvaccinated attendees at the conference were not wearing masks in the enclosed space.  

After the conference, many attendees reportedly came down with symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath and fever.  

It seems, however, that the global pandemic must have slipped their minds as nobody at the conference attributed these symptoms to Covid-19, despite them clearly being common symptoms, and instead have made the serious claim of anthrax poisoning.  

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This claim was first professed by Joe Oltmann in his Conservative Daily podcast, who told his listeners that 'there’s a 99.9 percent chance it’s anthrax' whilst he could be seen coughing and sneezing on camera.  

According to Oltmann, election conspiracist Joven Pulitzer, who once claimed that ballot boxes had been flown into Arizona on election night from Asia to swing the vote in President Biden’s favour, had come down with more severe health problems after the conference including 'body lesions and weeping skin'.

Despite these claim, not one of the 3500 attendees have reported suffering the effects of anthrax, let alone have tested positive for anthrax. 

The rumours however have spread like wildfire, firstly in right-wing QAnon circles, with the likes of LIn Wood, Ron Watkins and Jeffery Pederson repeating this information in the mainstream media.    

Reports have claimed that conspiracy theorists even suggested that the fog machine present in the conference could have been used to pump anthrax through, although no evidence has been found in support of this claim.  

On Twitter, despite the platform of this conspiracy theory, there has been notable push-back to it, notably by author James Surowiecki who stated that the reluctance to admit a Covid outbreak is probably down to embarrassment.  

He said: “The ReAwaken America tour features antivaxxers and Covid skeptics, so it'd be embarrassing if a bunch of ppl on the tour caught Covid.” 

The organiser of the ReAwaken Tour Clay Clark has also appeared on a right-wing talk show and denied rumours that anthrax was sprayed from the ceiling.  

Featured Image Credit: Youtube/Right America Media

Topics: Coronavirus