In Episode 103 [17] of the CounterVortex podcast [18], Bill Weinberg, still suffering from possible COVID-19 symptoms, again notes how the radical right, including neo-Nazi elements, is in the vanguard of anti-vax and anti-mask protests, from Germany [19] to Romania [20] to England [21] to Brooklyn [22]. A virtual industry churns out relentless online disinformation [23] that is easily refuted [24] by anyone who makes the effort to break out of the confirmation-bias bubble. Contrary to the conspiranoid propaganda, COVID-19 deaths are actually being underestimated [25]. The juvenile Nazi-baiting of the anti-vax machine is another example of the propaganda device of fascist pseudo-anti-fascism [34]. Meanwhile, Tuskegee experiment survivors are encouraging vaccinations [27], and the Peoples Vaccine Alliance [28] protests the actual crimes [29] of Big Pharma—failing to make the vaccine available to Africa and the much of the Global South, in what has been decried as "vaccine apartheid [30]." Listen on SoundCloud [17] or via Patreon [31].
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