It seems that Piers Corbyn, English weather forecaster and brother of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, has recently brought forward a “bizarre” conspiracy theory related to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, the Daily Mail reports.
According to the newspaper, Piers brought his speculations to the attention of his social media audience via Twitter, claiming that the coronavirus outbreak was actually simulated back in October 2019 by "mega-rich control freaks Bill Gates, George Soros + cronies".
THE CV PANDEMIC WAS SIMULATED OCT 2019 BY MEGA-RICH CONTROL FREAKS BILL GATES, GEORGE SOROS +CRONIES.
— Piers Corbyn (@Piers_Corbyn) 16 марта 2020 г.
NOW IT'S FOR REAL.
THE AIM IS A WORLD POPULATION CULL ("PEOPLE cause #CO2 problem") by THEIR mass VACCINATION PLAN CONTAINING POISON.
*REFUSE*CV*VACCINE*https://t.co/uv0A4B5rNP
"The aim is a world population cull ('people cause CO2 problem'), by their mass vaccination plan containing poison", the message states.
The theory was further elaborated in a YouTube video embedded in the tweet, though the vid itself did not seem to be authored by Piers but merely shared by him.
These claims, however, quickly elicited a barrage of mockery from netizens who did not seem all that eager to believe them.
Piers. You’re right to identify this. But it’s actually even worse than you think. Here’s a Top Secret document I’ve unearthed. pic.twitter.com/lu0hJ4kBzv
— Peter Wilson (@psaregood) 16 марта 2020 г.
Take a break from Twitter mate
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) 16 марта 2020 г.
A Whack Job gives his weekly address to fellow Whack Jobs? The Corbyn's are an example to us all, that a comfortable upbringing and private education can still produce fully paid up idiots. #FakeNews
— The Skibbereen Eagle (@theskibeagle) 16 марта 2020 г.
@mrjamesob this is the brother of the leader of the @UKLabour Party.
— LondonWhig (@LondonWhig) 16 марта 2020 г.
Paranoid left-wing conspiracy theories, with a dog-whistle of anti-semitism thrown in.
Famous TV host Pier Morgan also took note of this development, tweeting that Jeremy Corbyn's brother “takes the world to peak coronavirus conspiracy insanity”.
BREAKING; Jeremy Corbyn's brother takes the world to peak Coronavirus conspiracy insanity. https://t.co/vblGeUmPv0
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 16 марта 2020 г.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, which started in China’s Wuhan in December 2019, has recently been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, as the pathogen has since spread across the world, infecting tens of thousands of people and causing over 5,500 fatalities.
