The CBC reports that a University of Waterloo professor has reinforced conspiracy theories about a “COVID fake emergency”, in a recently published Fall 2020 syllabus document.
According to the report, professor Michael Palmer, has previously made similar claims, including June, when he emailed faculty colleagues stating that: “The real cheating going on is this fake Covid epidemic,” wrote Palmer. “Yes, there is a virus and it kills some people, but the panic around it is created with fraudulent data. If you look at real data, it turns out that it is no worse than a flu.”
Pandemic deniers echo similar claims, downplaying the crisis and the impact of the virus.
