America is swimming in purposeful pandemic distortions: 

•The Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t work. 

•It’s dangerous and the government is lying about the pandemic. 

• Public schools should be defunded if they offer virtual teaching. 

• The CDC is run by “tyrants” and health experts are “exaggerating” the pandemic. 

• Superintendents could have their pay withheld if they try to initiate a protective mask policies. 

• Low vaccination rates are encouraged and cheered. 

These aren’t the disturbed ravings of fringe Facebook groups, or Fox News trolls in search of outrage clicks. It’s the rhetoric coming from prominent members of the Republican Party, which has shown itself to be the eager fifth column in the U.S.’s battle against the pandemic — plotting against America from the inside. 

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