![]() ![]() ![]() If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, the great American experiment of a Constitutional Republic with Representative Democracy, will cease.” – America’s Frontline Doctors We can speculate on how this has happened, and why it has continued, but the purpose of the inaugural White Coat Summit is to empower Americans to stop living in fear. “American life has fallen casualty to a massive disinformation campaign. The group’s website, which was active only from 16 July 2020, has expired and is no longer viewable, but an archived version of the website’s homepage states: Screenshot from Stella Immanuel’s Twitter feed two days after the America’s Frontline Doctors press conference.Īside from Dr Stella Immanuel, the other main actors in this viral disinformation episode to note are America’s Frontline Doctors and the Tea Party Patriots.Īccording to reports, America’s Frontline Doctors was only founded in mid-July 2020. “Dr Stella who grew up in a culture where open warfare with bold, generational demons and stubborn strongholds was commonplace, feels that violent prayer and open confrontation against the powers of darkness must be taught, learned and exercised by Christians for success and breakthroughs on various fronts in their personal lives, ministries and families.” – Dr Stella Immanuel Facebook pageĭr Stella Immanuel, the pastor, also preaches about “demon sperm” and witchcraft being the causes of some medical conditions. In the videoclip, without presenting any evidence then or since, Dr Stella Immanuel claimed to have cured hundreds of patients of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.ĭr Stella Immanuel also presents herself as a pastor at Fire Power Ministries and describes herself as “GOD’S WARRIOR PRINCESS (GWP)” and “God’s battle axe and weapon of war” on her Facebook profile. The person who has certainly attracted a lot of attention from all this is Dr Stella Immanuel, a Houston, Texas, based doctor who is also a pastor. ![]() So here’s what to consider when viewing this videoclip and others pushing questionable claims by questionable ‘experts’ (including those wearing pristine white lab coats): who are the people making the claims? what are they claiming? and what is the socio-political context within which they are making the claims?. ![]() In the days since the videoclip has started circulating it has become clear that many Namibian social media users have little to no idea of the circumstances and climate from which it emerged. Fact checkers across the continent have also reported seeing the videoclip circulating widely in Facebook and WhatsApp groups from Kenya to Nigeria, and further afield. The videoclip is a segment of a longer broadcast on social media on 27 July 2020 that subsequently went viral first in the US and then globally, and that has since been removed for spreading falsehoods by all the major social media platforms. Image courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp screenshot The viral videoclip of the US-based doctor making unproven and misleading claims stands as the prime example of how American political disinformation is fueling confusion around the global response to COVID-19.Īn almost six-minute long videoclip in which the Houston, Texas, based doctor-cum-pastor Dr Stella Immanuel claims to have cured hundreds of patients with a concoction including the anti-malarial medication hydroxychloroquine has struck a cord with many Namibian social media users at a time that Namibia’s coronavirus infection rate has steadily risen and deaths have started to increase. ![]()
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