Right-wing personality Michelle Malkin (screengrab)
One of the impediments facing public health officials seeking a safe path to herd immunity from the COVID-19 pandemic is the growth of conspiracy theories about vaccines from the far-right in America.
One particularly shocking conspiracy theory is that Bill Gates is attempting to microchip the population through a COVID-19 vaccine. Snopes has rated the claim as false.
Far-right personality Michelle Malkin repeatedly mentioned Gates in an online video posted to Twitter where she announced she will be refusing a vaccine.
Malkin told 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.
