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John Lorimer Campbell is an English YouTuber and retired nurse educator known for his videos about the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, the videos received praise, but they later diverged into COVID-19 misinformation. [2][3] He has been criticised for suggesting COVID-19 deaths have been over-counted, [4] repeating false claims about the use of ...
In November 2021, Campbell made false claims about the use of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. [1] A few weeks later, another widely-viewed video of his was used by anti-vaccination activists to support the misinformation that COVID vaccines cause widespread heart attacks, which he had not said. [2] Danieltate ( talk) 23:00, 17 January 2022 (UTC) Why are we allowing ...
A search of Google News for Dr. John Campbell and Covid deaths pulls up a story from Politifact, published several days prior to the BBC article, that mentions the Campbell video without making this misleading assertion. No, death totals from COVID-19 in England have not been overstated.
The FDA approved the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines amid rising cases. Latest numbers show test positivity and wastewater viral activity levels,
Prevalent COVID-19 skepticism Prior to the vaccine launch many citizens expressed skepticism that COVID-19 was a serious disease or that their countries had cases or high number of cases of the disease during 2020 and 2021. This prior skepticism that was pushed by the late President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli is seen as a leading reason for vaccine hesitancy within the country. Magufuli ...
The third paragraph currently states: "In July 2022, Campbell gave an error-filled account of an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine and falsely claimed that it showed the risk to children from COVID-19 vaccination was much greater than the risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19 itself.
3 Initially, the videos received praise, but they later veered into misinformation."
Misinformation on the subject of COVID-19 has been used by politicians, interest groups, and state actorsin many countries for political purposes: to avoid responsibility, scapegoat other countries, and avoid criticism of their earlier decisions. Sometimes there is a financial motive as well.