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[–]RedditButt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Magufuli promoted COVID-19 misinformation and misinformation related to vaccination during the pandemic in Tanzania.[16][13] Magufuli spoke against the possibility of closing churches, stating: "That's where there is true healing. Corona is the devil and it cannot survive in the body of Jesus," reported The Economist in March 2020.[14]

Hmm... I am skeptical, and would want to do some independent trials to verify. I don't feel confident with his credibility. ( would want to do that with anyone, though.) Has anybody followed up on this?

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Lol yeah I mean the guy was not a genius, but he was pointing out the PCR tests were broken and didn't work, which was absolutely true and needed pointing out.

[–]RedditButt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I found this article on the false positive issues with PCR: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7850182/

It's a bit hard to understand fully. There were only 31 tests analyzed, and I don't see a definite root cause, and confidence value from such a small data set would be small.

His death is framed as an assassination related to his findings, and everything is unverified, and all conjecture. Stuff like this is concerning, because people use it as ammunition to fuel conspiracy theories, or not take precautions or safety seriously, often fueled by political pundits who want to stir the pot.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The timing is just very coincidential, and the PCR tests are indeed highly flawed and should not be used as a diagnosis tool, as the PCR creator Tracy Mullis pointed out repeatedly