Protesters demanding an end to coronavirus lockdown orders tried to enter the House Chamber in the Michigan state capitol on April 30, 2020, but were blocked by state police. (AFP / JEFF KOWALSKY)
The global medical community is working around-the-clock to find and test a coronavirus vaccine.
But their efforts to safely achieve herd immunity is jeopardized by right-wing conspiracy theories about a coronavirus vaccine.
That dynamic was demonstrated on Saturday by right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin, who announced she would be refusing a vaccine because she believes in conspiracy theories involving Bill Gates.
Malkin said to her 2 million Twitter followers that, "sometimes conspiracies are true."
"They're not conspiracy theories — they’re conspiracy truths, they're conspiracy facts," she argued.
Here's some of what people were saying about her position:
