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As rampant as the second wave of Covid-19 has been in the country, spurred on by the even more contagious new variant, 501.V2, so has been the dangerous dissemination of misinformation and conspiracy theories that threaten the country’s vaccine roll-out strategy just as it is about to be implemented.
The proliferation of bizarre theories, such as 5G technology’s link to the emergence of Covid-19, and the use of vaccines to implant people with location-tracking microchips and to mark them for Satan, have swept across social media platforms.
These outlandish theories are also regular conversation topics between locals in taxis or at dinner tables.