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Actor Woody Harrelson spreads a conspiracy theory about COVID-19 vaccine makers during his hosting monologue Saturday night Live This week, adding to previous eyebrow-raising comments made about the virus.
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During his monologue, Harrelson joked about reading a crazy script in which “all the biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and lock all the people in the world in their homes.” forced to live.” , And people can only come out if they take the drugs of the cartel and keep taking them again and again.”
Harrelson said he “threw the script” because “who’s going to believe that crazy idea, being forced to do drugs – I do that willingly all day long.”
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Harrelson didn’t directly mention coronavirus vaccines in his monologue, but his jokes were about pandemic restrictions and vaccine makers (indeed, several states began to lift Their pandemic restrictions were months before vaccines became widely available).
The jokes were appreciated by billionaire Elon Musk, who Tweeted “Nice one” and “Good job @SNL,” in a video of the monologue.
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This isn’t the first time Harrelson has shared false claims about COVID-19. In 2020, he shared an article on Instagram linking the virus to 5G networks, Saying They haven’t completely vetoed it [but] I find it very interesting,” according to new york post, Harrelson later deleted the post. this baseless conspiracy theory Spread During April 2020, when much of the United States was under lockdown. in an interview in May with Vanity Fair, Harrelson said he found it “absurd” to wear a mask on set, as he “doesn’t believe in the germ theory.” COVID-19 is spread by airborne transmission of droplets, and mask prevention According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it “helps reduce the emission of virus-laden droplets” by the wearer and “reduce the inhalation of these droplets”. Musk has been publicly critical of vaccines and lockdowns, and has said he believes Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was the public face of the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, should be prosecuted.
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This was Harrelson’s fifth time hosting. snlmade him a member of the “Five Timers Club” of frequent hosts.
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