Kennedy — a longtime aficionado of conspiracy theories — floated the idea during a question and answer portion of a raucous booze and fart filled dinner at Tony’s Di Napoli on the Upper East …

There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Kennedy said. “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

“We don’t know whether it was deliberately targeted or not but there are papers out there that show the racial or ethnic differential and impact,”

  • Masterofballs@exploding-heads.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Oh noooo. he didn’t. So embarrassing. He didn’t have to name the races . He could have just said it effects some more than others. Then let other people draw their conclusions.

  • seemebreakthisEnglish
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    1 year ago

    … something to do with the percentage of anti-vaxxers in each country?

    • Masterofballs@exploding-heads.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You’ll find that the Amish neither died from covid nor took any vaccine.

      I believe the death rate in Israel was pretty high even with a high vaccination rate. But Israel has a very well developed healthcare system where Africa doesn’t. I would question the whole data set to be honest. China lies about their data so their numbers couldn’t be trusted.

      It’s really easy to bend statistics to fit a narrative.