Stunningly bad COVID-19 takes. Inspired by @BadLegalTakes. DM or @ me. FAQ: https://t.co/pfQMZ0pQG7
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Context: This is either a lie, or a wild misunderstanding, so of course it's gotten almost 10,000 retweets, being amplified by the usual suspects. 
Content: A lot of antivaxxers really adamant that the vaccines cause AIDS.
Context: The media did cover this to say that it's wrong. Because it is. There are dozens of authorized PCR tests, and it just happens that an obsolete one was phased out. reuters.com/article/factch…
Coincidence.... I think not!
Context: This is an incredibly disingenuous plot that conceals an absurdly broad age range (10-59!) to falsely suggest vaccinations increase death. What's going on is >85% of people in their 50s are vaccinated (incl. 94% high risk) and 0% under 12 are. coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccin…
For those asking what BOO baths are: BOO is an MLM product she happened to sell to some of her 51,000 followers.
Context: He's been trying to get banned for a while to promote his book sales. He understands this grift better than almost anyone. It's why he tried to create the impression that every one of his pamphlets was "censored," while selling hundreds of thousands of them. 
Context: I'm astonished how many people have replied to Candace that these are good questions. So let's try to answer them.
h/t (plagiarized in large part from): @BadLegalTakes and @BadHippa, who are way better at this than I am and you should follow if you don't already.
Context: U.S. Senator doesn't understand what censorship is. Johnson uses his platform to endorse the next phase of Alex Berenson's grift (milking a one-week Twitter suspension to go on Tucker, etc.) 
Context: It's been a month after the date Berenson says cases exploded, and two weeks since he repeatedly claimed imminent "vaccine failure." It was a weird flex for him to basically turn into a "wait two weeks" doomer, but I did wait and—nope, the vaccines continue to work well.
A lot of people are pointing out the headline is also bad. I agree. Two-fers are a thing, and it's been a bad week for MSM clickbait failing to convey context.
Context: Kate Shemirani mixes old and relatively new bonkers conspiracy theories, and you should really read the whole thread.
Context: One year ago, @nataliexdean asked Rebekah Jones a pointed question, and Jones blasted to her followers she was being “harassed.” One pointed question was all it took for Jones to smear a scientist and a phenomenal communicator during the pandemic.
Context: First, the life expectancy of someone 78 is not -1. It's almost ten years (although life expectancies dropped significantly last year because of the virus). cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr…
Context: This is an old take that’s passed it’s sell-by date. Where exactly are the “lockdowns” in America?
Context: I looked through the docket. It doesn't seem like anyone argued for or against this claim. It went from being a Facebook meme (or misremembered Fox News segment) to a federal decision with no intermediate steps.
I've been reluctant to post troll-looking accounts, because definitionally I'm not sure troll farm output counts as a “take.” But they're often funny, sometimes illuminating, so I will confine them to this thread with my old Bill Mitchell rules (no more than one post in ten). 
Context: The tweet cuts off a the first page of results showing that nearly all of the massive overdose injection stays at the injection site or goes to the liver where it's metabolized.