Anti-Vaxxer Preppers Are Offering Courses on Gardening, Chess and Urban Warfare – VICE

“The enemy rollout of the experimental drug has pushed many people into a corner – either take the experimental drug and die or be excluded from the controlled society that we call the United States,” says the blurb of an American-registered website, whose owners appear to be preparing themselves for a war. The experimental drug that the group “War Time Mind” is referring to is the COVID-19 vaccine, and as vaccine mandates are rolled out over the US, this group has been using the audio-only app Clubhouse to spread alarmist misinformation about what the vaccine does. They are one of many new communities to emerge in the last few months who are aligning anti-vax ideology with prepping – the preparations survivalists undertake in the event of climate emergencies, disruptions to political or economic order or, in their case, when they feel they are forced by their government to take the vaccine. While preppers existed long before the coronavirus pandemic, empty shelves on supermarkets and lockdowns galvanised many to follow online prepping communities for tips. But War Time Mind is different, and as one expert told VICE World News, is the first time they have seen guns and armed conflict discussed in this…
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