He is responsible for one of the greatest crimes in world history: Funding the Wuhan lab in China that led to the release of the coronavirus. Last week, antivaccine activist Del Bigtree posted a rant denying the severity of COVID-19, blaming the chronically ill for having made themselves vulnerable to severe disease through their lifestyle choices, and urging the young and healthy to "catch this cold". But she reasoned that standing up for public health principles was worth it, even if she risked losing the job that allowed her to live close to her hometown and help her parents with their farm. You were eating that all the time. More recently, a chickenpox outbreak at a high school in my state revealed that antivaxxers were not being entirely truthful when they claimed theyd comply with reasonable self-quarantine orders, as parents protested the order to keep their children at home. In November 2020, Facebook removed a page where Del Bigtree, a notorious anti-vaccine figure, broadcast his show -- The High Wire -- to a large online audience. That rhetoric is having terrifying consequences, too, as public health workers have come under attack, with harassment and threats, leading an alarming number of them to resign to protect themselves and their families or to be fired for standing up for public health: As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with only five full-time employees for more than 11,000 residents. Some of you might even recall antivaxxers dismissing vaccines as important and then saying theyd just quarantine in the event of an outbreak. At this point its hard not to retort: You first, Mr. Bigtree. USA TODAY reached out to Fuellmich and the BitChute user who posted the video forcomment. . They were not his personal convictions, even less patriotism or honour, or even racism or xenophobia, which inspired the accused, but the quest for power, and personal power at that.. Nor, they underscored, was their countrys population on trial. No problem, that, some of my best friends think like that. Getting vaccinated increases your protection against COVID-19 . Then came the Facebook post: a photo of her and other health officials with comments about their weight and references to armed citizens and bodies swinging from trees.. We all tend to live with chronic issues and things that we think arent that serious? He would have had no problem taking blood from his wife, who we can presume is unvaccinated. After undergoing extensive medical testing, the woman was diagnosed with a conversion disorder -- a medical condition where neurological systems manifest without any apparent underlying physical cause. The racing heart and shortness of breath and fatigue that he was experiencing raised another possibility that was not without irony, given that he has been actively perpetuating untruths that endanger us all in the midst of the present pandemic. The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative is an ongoing project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute involving the study of crimes against humanity, the drafting and elaboration of a proposed convention on crimes against humanity, and support for efforts to adopt it. Its also, Ive noticed, very typical of COVID-19 deniers, many of whose attitude seems to be, Screw the old and chronically ill, I need to golf and get a haircut! Indeed, this attitude started to take root fairly early in the pandemic, when a number of politicians of a certain political bent (you know which one) argued in essence that we need to sacrifice grandpa and grandma in order to save the economy. What Bigtree is doing when he says, You do not get to make me pharmaceutical-dependent is that he is signaling to his followers that he is preemptively refusing a coronavirus vaccine before one has even been approved by the FDA. Bigtrees page was removed after Facebook determined that he violated the platforms policies against misinformation that could cause physical harm. He had used his High Wire broadcast to claim that COVID-19 was one of the most mild illnesses there is, that wearing a mask poses a serious health hazard, and that people should intentionally expose themselves to COVID-19, among other dangerous claims. "The Grand Jury of the World Criminal Court begins Investigation into Crimes Against Humanity - DAY 1," reads the video's description, writtenby user "Wil Paranormal." J. Transnat'l L. 457 (1994) Google Scholar. 03/03/23 10:09 PM EST, Video & Audio The Allahabad high court was making exactly the same point. The document, which obtained over 3,100 signatures around the world, blasts the "one size fits all" treatment recommendations . There's no evidence the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine is the cause, as viral posts falsely claim. Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that avideo shows a trial for"crimes against humanity" at the "World Criminal Court." Lock yourself in your basement. Jobs People Learning So, what is the other commonality between antivaxxers and COVID-19 deniers and conspiracy theorists? Thats what this is. In the case of Milosevic, all national ideals, notes Del Ponte, were made to serve one mans aspirations: An excellent tactician, a mediocre strategist, Milosevic did nothing but pursue his ambition at the price of unspeakable suffering inflicted on those who opposed him or who represented a threat to his personal strategy for power. Why Indias COVID-19 Catastrophe Is Indeed a Crime Against Humanity, COVID-19 and Indias New Viral Necropolitics. Thats not to say that there isnt a grain of truth in this idea, particularly for the vaccine-hesitant, but for hard-core antivaxxers, it has been a comforting myth. And I want to talk about this for one minute as we close this down. SOCIAL MEDIA MOB WRONGLY ACCUSES WOMAN OF FAKING COVID VACCINE INJURY. How often have you heard them reject any responsibility whatsoever for any children other than their own, dismissing the concerns of parents of children with cancer or other conditions that leave them immunosuppressed and unable to take certain vaccines? 03/03/23 8:10 PM EST, Video & Audio This is a gross exaggeration. Im sitting here in the middle of the conversation of my lifetime and Im having these, you know, symptoms that people are talking about, he said. The indictments do not accuse an entire people of being collectively guilty of the crimes It may be tempting to generalise when dealing with the conduct of leaders at the highest level. In the meantime, a guest host filled in on The Highwire, so as to keep the distortions and delusions flowing. In March 2020, anti-vaccine activists incorrectly alleged - by misrepresenting a study - that flu vaccines increase COVID-19 risks. Think about it though. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor at the Milosevic trial, stated: No state organisation is on trial here today. I like smoking a cigarette once in a while. The party unleashes an army of minions to do its bidding, the grassroot level organisation enables it, through coercive measures, including moral policing, to establish a reign of terror. The BitChute post says the video shows a "Grand Jury Trial" at the "World Criminal Court." The group behind the original 90-minute video from which the clip is taken, called "Grand Jury,"didn't claim it showed a real trial. Measles in Samoa? The group has brokered ties with far-right Trump supporters in recent months. The two trials are manifestoes for our time. ICAN filed lawsuits against health agencies for vaccine misinformation and is demanding more meaningful drug trials. After the platform banned The High Wires page, he began to post dangerous medical misinformation on another page he operates. COP27 Produces a Historic Result for Vulnerable Countries: A Loss and Damage Fund. There are no similarcases on the dockets of any international courts recognized by the U.S. Meanwhile, across the US, in response to the measles outbreak in Brooklyn, antivaxxers denied responsibility, even though they had promoted fear mongering about MMR. Bigtree starts out by claiming that COVID-19 has a death rate of 0.26%. Go ahead and bubble wrap your house. With Covid-19 cases soaring in India, acclaimed author and activist Arundhati Roy wrote Wednesday that her country is witnessing "an outright crime against humanity" as outside observers fear the crisis could hamper global efforts to rein in the pandemic.. As of Thursday, India now has the second highest number of total cases in the world--over 18 million--since the pandemic began, but a surge . By pretending to serve a national cause, the party imposed limitations on freedoms: The forecast of religious persecution was clothed in the language of religious liberty, for the Nazi program stated, We demand liberty for all religious denominations in the State. But, it continues with the limitation, so far as they are not a danger to it and do not militate against the morality and moral sense of the German race.. Show The Highwire with Del Bigtree, Ep COVID CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY? Acton was given security detail, an unusual step for a cabinet member. According to the petitioners, all the harmful consequences of the "vaccines," the enclosures and the virus meet the criteria of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against the people of the British, because the culprits "members of the U.K. government and world leaders have knowledge and intent with respect to these alleged . He was back home in Austin, Texas, by May 17. You really need four bags of Doritos or Chitos or Fritos or whatever the heck it is, little cupcakes with synthetic icing on them? We were running tests on everything, but what it ultimately appears to have come down to is really Occams razor, which is the simplest answer, Bigtree said. (Feb. 17), Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks, that hosts content that's banned on YouTube, No evidence of cancer spike linked to COVID-19 vaccines, Fact Check: 10,000 Medical Experts Did NOT Start Nuremberg 2 Trial Against World Leaders for Crimes Against Humanity, Attorney Profile:Reiner Fuellmich #165532, 'Nuremberg 2.0: Why COVID Conspiracy Theorists See This Lawyer As Their Saviour, BitChute welcomes the dangerous hate speech that YouTube bans. For example, the Statute of the International Criminal Court defines a crime against humanity as any of a series of acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic . He also added a soundtrack of somber piano music. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our own lips as well. Jackson underscored that the entire party apparatus built on a certain appeal: It also made a strong appeal to that sort of nationalism which in ourselves we call patriotism and in our rivals chauvinism.