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  • 2021-08-10 (xsd:date)
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  • No, a Canadian Court 'Victory' Didn't Prove COVID 'Is a Hoax' (en)
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  • On Aug. 3, 2021, a video posted to the right-wing video hosting platform Bitchute falsely claimed that a Canadian man, Patrick King, had successfully shown in court that COVID-19 is a hoax, and as a result, government restrictions intended to slow the spread of the virus had been lifted. YUGE!!! the headline read. CANADIAN COURT VICTORY PROVES COVID-19 IS A HOAX & ALL RESTRICTIONS HAVE NOW BEEN DROPPED King, a resident of the Canadian province of Alberta, told host Stew Peters, an internet personality with a track record of spreading COVID-19 misinformation, that Alberta health minister Dr. Deena Hinshaw failed to show evidence that the COVID-19 virus had been isolated and thus had no grounds to put restrictions in place to stop its spread. He took credit for Alberta's lifting COVID-19-related restrictions. The story accompanying the video, authored by someone self-identified as Kenan SonOfEnos, further stated: King didn't win but rather had to pay a fine. COVID-19 is not a hoax, and related restrictions meant to slow the spread in Alberta were lifted not because of King's case, but because health experts there said high vaccination rates made severe outcomes from contracting the disease less likely. Here's a run-down of the claims in this video. The COVID-19 pandemic isn't a hoax. More than 4.3 million people worldwide have died as a result of the virus. The COVID-19 virus has been isolated on numerous occasions and in various countries. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a virus specimen was first collected from a U.S. patient and delivered to the CDC for study on Jan. 20, 2020. No. Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said in a July 28, 2021, news conference that the province was relaxing restrictive measures as of Aug. 16 because the majority of eligible residents have been vaccinated, meaning that it's unlikely that the pandemic will overrun the hospital system. As of this writing, 66.9% of Albertans have been fully vaccinated. Hinshaw said: It did not. We reached out to the Alberta Ministry of Health with questions about King's case, but didn't get a response in time for publication. However, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), a Canadian legal advocacy organization focused on constitutional rights, posted an explainer about the case, noting the organization had received a great deal of email on the subject. Basically, King conflated the case in which he got a ticket for violating COVID-19 restrictions with his argument against the scientific and public health basis for COVID-19-related health restrictions, JCCF explained, noting, It is unclear whether Mr. King fully understands the legal process he is involved in. The government didn't admit it has no evidence that COVID-19 exists exists. Instead, it said the evidence requested by King was not relevant to a ticket he received. Here's how JCCF explained what happened in court: (en)
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