Table 7.
Anti–HIV vaccine conspiracy theories and representative posts with a high number of reactions (N=227).
| Conspiracy theory | Post count, n (%) | Paraphrased posts with a high number of reactions for each conspiracy theory | Reaction counta (likes and reposts) | ||||
| HIV and COVID- 19 (n=102) | |||||||
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Linked to COVID-19 vaccines containing, causing, or increasing HIV | 54 (52.9) | The COVID vaccine contained a spike protein derived from HIV. I was banned for saying this and ridiculed for months. Also, pharmacies stock up HIV self-tests. (February 8, 2022)b | 195 (147 and 48) | |||
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Linked to whether HIV or COVID-19 vaccines cause injuries such as VAIDSc | 38 (37.3) | Not about HIV or AIDS. It’s deliberate immune system destruction called VAIDS, Vaccine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, engineered into vaccines before the pandemic by Gates and Fauci. Coordinated genocide. Stop. (February 12, 2022)b | 992 (617 and 375) | |||
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HIV vaccine research causing COVID-19 | 10 (9.8) | Not surprisingly, this leads to the theory that SARS-CoV-2 was developed as vaccine, possibly against HIV. And it may have leaked. (September 20, 2022) | 132 (96 and 36) | |||
| Linked to HIV-related events (n=87) | |||||||
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Rising HIV discussion and fear | 29 (33.3) | Are Canadians overlooking the connection between recent media coverage on an HIV epidemic, development of a new HIV vaccine, and their last vaccines? (February 7, 2022) | 7766 (5887 and 1879) | |||
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HIV tests urged by public figures | 28 (32.2) | Three Members of Parliament announced their recent HIV test results in the past few days. Oxford University is developing an HIV vaccine. When will HIV vaccines become mandatory? (February 7, 2022) | 1182 (890 and 292) | |||
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New highly virulent HIV strain found | 20 (23) | By coincidence again, the development of a new mRNA HIV vaccine began just before the emergence of the new HIV strain. (February 8, 2022) | 106 (102 and 4) | |||
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HIV researchers passing away | 10 (11.5) | Prominent HIV researchers are facing assassinations. Why are they being targeted after data shows Covid vaccine causes HIV symptoms? There is an effort to silence those with revealing knowledge. (February 10, 2022) | 630 (501 and 129) | |||
| Powerholders’ interests (n=26) | |||||||
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Big Pharma’s profits | 6 (23.1) | Big Pharma stages a fake pandemic and profits from drugs. They add HIV to drugs to trigger an AIDS crisis and then promote an HIV vaccine. (February 8, 2022) | 23 (16 and 7) | |||
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Depopulation and New World Order | 4 (15.4) | How can we reclaim our nation from destructive forces and establish a New World Order? Covid hoax, HIV vaccine depopulation, staged riots, election manipulation. WEF destroys countries globally. (December 16, 2022) | 23 (14 and 9) | |||
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Linked to government HIV vaccine research | 8 (30.8) | The highly revered person is one accountable. If he could do it then, what did he do with mRNA? Revealed: How vulnerable children was treated with hardship in Fauci’s obsessive pursuit of an HIV vaccine? (December 21, 2022) | 90 (59 and 31) | |||
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HIV vaccine as a scam | 8 (30.8) | I sense the emergency of an HIV vaccine scam. (February 9, 2022) | 588 (518 and 70) | |||
| Other | 12 (5.3) | —d | — | ||||
aThe reaction count is the total number of likes and reposts.
bThe posts were from suspended accounts.
cVAIDS: vaccine-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
dThe categories labeled as “other” contain various conspiracy theories. Thus, no representative post is displayed.