Vaccine opponent plane crash claim fuels cover-up conspiracies

A popular figure in the anti-vaccine community best known for saying that a detox bath could ‌remove COVID-19 vaccines from the body claims to have been in a “near fatal” plane crash recently. Some conspiracists are claiming that the crash was an attempt on the individual’s life in response to her opposition to the COVID-19 vaccines. A social media post suggesting that the plane crash was not a coincidence received over 11,000 engagements. The apparent crash appears to match the description of a recent plane crash at Roosevelt Memorial Airport. There is no evidence that any foul play was involved in the crash, which reportedly occurred after the pilot reported engine trouble.

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