A van urging people ‘Don’t get vaccinated’ has been spotted driving around the streets of a town in North Carolina.
At first glance, it seems like some anti-vaxxers have bought a billboard and are trying to convert more people to put their lives at risk.
But in smaller writing underneath, you can see that it is supposedly sponsored by ‘Wilmore Funeral Home’.
To some, this might be even worse as it is mocking people who may die from coronavirus.
But there is yet another twist in the tale, as if you google the name of the funeral home, you get taken to this website.
It is a simple black and white design with the message: ‘Get vaccinated now. If not, see you soon.’
If you click to enter the website and find out more about this organisation, you are taken instead to an information page about vaccination.
The link directs you to the website of local private healthcare centre StarMed, which offers the jabs.
It’s a bit like a Rick Roll for the Covid age.
The website tells visitors that they are offering the three vaccines approved in the US and that they are safe, saying: ‘A vaccine earns government approval only after it has been proven to be both safe and effective.
‘The approval process involves panels of independent experts retained by the pharmaceutical companies as well as reviews by the FDA’s own scientific staff and an independent panel of experts convened by the FDA.
‘No serious safety concerns have been reported with either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.’
They add: ‘In clinical trials, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were shown to be more than 94% effective and Johnson & Johnson more than 66%.’
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