On a recent episode of his podcast, Rick Wiles, a pastor and self-described ¡°citizen reporter,¡± endorsed a conspiracy theory: that COVID-19 vaccines were the product of a ¡°global coup d¡¯¨¦tat by the most evil cabal of people in the history of mankind.¡±
¡°It¡¯s an egg that hatches into a synthetic parasite and grows inside your body,¡± Wiles said on his Oct. 13 episode. ¡°This is like a sci-fi nightmare, and it¡¯s happening in front of us.¡±
Wiles belongs to a group of hosts who have made false or misleading statements about COVID-19 and effective treatments for it. Like many of them, he has access to much of his listening audience because his show appears on a platform provided by a large media corporation.
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