Do people really think flu shots are a government conspiracy?
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Veronica (@veronicafever) January 12, 2013Oh, my. Yes, some really do. Because wheels within wheels, man. Or something.
A healthy skepticism about government programs is one thing. But while many Americans are scrambling to find flu shots to protect against this year’s deadly epidemic, flu shot truthers are speculating about the “true” nature of the vaccine … with no evidence to support their theories.
Some fear the government is secretly using CVS MinuteClinics to implant tracking devices into unsuspecting patients.
@NiNiDOBBiNi I heard they low key putting a tiny microchip GPS system in the flu shot to track everyone . Crazy …—
T-Jeff (@TirzahhJayy) January 11, 2013
@Cashola_Marie or microchip us! No thanks! I dont wanna die from swinebirdmadcow flu!—
Antoinette (@watshesaid2) January 10, 2013
@_Peek_ABOU 😳😳 look it up lol it's a chip they're trying to implant on people, and the best way is through flu shots n stuff—
Dorian Agolli (@dorianagolli) January 10, 2013
What if the flu shot is actually a way for the government to track all your movements. !! I will never get a flu shot #itsalwaysbad—
Beth (@prncssblu95) January 11, 2013
Be careful.Word is the flu shots that the government are pushing so much may contain a microchip.Make them show you the syringe 1st.—
(@IPOC1) January 11, 2013
Others wonder if the flu vaccine is all part of a government medical experiment.
@ShannonElizab I think the whole thing is a scam and it doesnt really do anything. In fact, maybe its a govt secret to test lab made viruses—
Jon Marcus (@ThusSpokeJon) January 11, 2013
I've never heard of people dying from the flu before….this is germ warfare or something—
O. Biden (@O_Shaw) January 10, 2013
Government probably testing some shit in them flu vaccines—
O. Biden (@O_Shaw) January 10, 2013
:: I refuse to get a flu shot. Why? Because ain't no telling what they have in those needles. I don't trust our government.—
ѕку нιgн тнє gяєαт (@SkyHighTheGreat) January 12, 2013
Don't get the flu shot!!! It's the only way the government could inject you with whatever they want #paranoid—
Eamonn Coyle (@CapitanCoyle) January 12, 2013
If you got a "flu vaccination" last year ya ass bout to get the government injected flu 😂😂😂—
Avon Barksdale (@HeatgangP) January 11, 2013
I'd shoot heroin into my veins before I ever took a flu shot not knowing what our government put into it—
Sour GanG (@BlackboyRob) January 11, 2013
Some of the other conspiracy theories floating around:
the government uses flu shots to control our minds.—
Jason Carlos (@jlos_) January 12, 2013
Every year that I've gotten the flu, I had a flu shot. Weakened dose my ass. Government tryna kill niggas.—
Jared R.(GQ. Smooth) (@_VersatyleStyle) January 11, 2013
Love how the government is trying to scare people about the Flu just to sell some vaccines.. #FearMachine—
HEƦU (@HERUDUB) January 11, 2013
@mikeytheweasel I think the government knew it was coming because they were pushing the flu shot like never before.—
ǝɔǝǝᴚ (@reecyKup) January 10, 2013
I bet the government set up that flu that's going around.—
Tasha Escarment (@_TINYTasha) January 10, 2013
While it’s possible some of these Twitter users are joking (and we’d really, really like to believe that), there’s no question these conspiracy theories have been popular on Internet forums for some time.
How long until Musket Morgan invites one of these Twitter users on his show to debate gun control?
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