'Do not drink tap water': Man reveals the BAFFLING texts he gets from his QAnon member mother - who pushes wild vaccine conspiracy theories and claims there are 'baby fetus cells' in Pepsi products
- TikTok user Mac has gone viral with a video that spotlights text messages sent to him by his mother
- His other is a believer in QAnon conspiracy theories and is anti-mask and anti-vaccine
- She scolded him to take his mask off, not get vaccinated, not get a COVID test, and not drink tap water
- She also sent him an image of a Petri dish purportedly showing bacteria from inside a mask, which has been called 'definitely misleading'
- One post she sent included a widely debunked claim that Pepsi products have 'baby fetus cells' in them
A TikTok user has shared the bizarre text messages he has received from his mother, who is a believer of QAnon conspiracy theories.
Mac (@mac1eann), who doesn't appear to share any of his mother's QAnon beliefs, shared six text messages his mother sent him about her scientifically unfounded fears, most having to do with COVID-19.
In a video that's been viewed 3.6 million times since it was uploaded on October 4, Mac smirks as he introduces his mother's warnings: 'POV: U have a mom who who is QAnon.'
Q-a-mom: A TikTok user has shared the bizarre text messages he has received from his mother, who is a believer of QAnon conspiracy theories
In a video that's been viewed 3.6 million times since it was uploaded on October 4, Mac smirks as he introduces his mother's warnings: 'POV: U have a mom who who is QAnon' (stock photo)
Anti-vax: Most of his mother's fears seem to center around COVID-19 — but not actually getting the virus
@mac1eann do not drink tap water. #greenscreen #NissanShowUp #stitch #TeamofTomorrow
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Most of his mother's fears seem to center around COVID-19 — but not actually getting the virus.
'Do not get vaccinated Mac,' she wrote.
'Do not drink tap water,' she said in another text. It's unclear what, exactly, are her fears about tap water.
'No covid test. Only saliva. Refuse the nose one. The vaccine is on it. They will lie to u,' she lectured.
Straight and to the point, she also wrote: 'Take the mask off now.
His mother seems to be operating under the widely-disproved idea that masks can make people sick, when they are in fact scientifically proven to reduce the spread of airborne diseases.
She even sent him a photo of a Petri dish covered in growth, with the caption: 'This is bacteria grown in a PetriDish from a swab taken from the inside of a mask after 20 minutes of use. This is what you are breathing.'
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Masking: His mother seems to be operating under the widely-disproved idea that masks can make people sick, when they are in fact scientifically proven to reduce the spread of diseases
Nope: She shared this photo, which has been discredited by doctors
'Do not drink tap water,' she said in another text. It's unclear what, exactly, are her fears about tap water
That particular photo has been making the rounds on Facebook and Instagram since last fall and has been roundly debunked.
Dr. Richard E. Davis, regional director of microbiology at the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in the US state of Washington, told AFP that the photo is 'definitely misleading.'
'Bacteria and fungi are shown, not just bacteria,' he said. 'The image in this picture shows a culture plate that is overgrown with colonies of bacteria, and large patches of fungus (the "fuzzy" colonies in the picture) as well.
'The colony sizes of the different bacteria and fungus types makes it clear that this plate has been grown for a long period of time which makes the image more dramatic.'
Finally, Mac's mother shared an image with the caption: 'If only sheeple knew that there's a flavor enhancement company called Senomyx that puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food & drinks.'
This has also been proven to be false.
Disagreement: She has warned him not to get vaccinated. Mac did not say whether he has or has not
Made up: She also shared this image, the claims in which have been widely debunked
According to Reuters, the claim originates from 2010, when PepsiCo signed a deal with Senomyx, a biotechnology company that develops sweeteners.
The anti-abortion group Children of God for Life alleged that Senomyx was using 'aborted fetal cell lines to test their products,' saying human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells were 'taken from an electively aborted baby' to produce human taste receptors.'
Those cells, HEK-293, were mentioned in a patent issued to Senomyx in 2008.
But while the HEK-293 cells originally come from the kidney of an aborted human embryo from 1973, they ones currently being widely used in biomedical research are no longer coming from aborted human embryos, but rather cells cloned from that 1973 embryo.
PepsiCo also denied that conducted or funded research that used the cells.
What is QAnon?
Origins: QAnon started on fringe website 4chan, where a poster calling themselves Q left messages claiming to be a senior federal official and purporting to reveal a 'deep state' cabal intent on bringing down Donald Trump.
Q grew out of the discredited 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory that top Democrats and Hollywood celebrities were involved in pedophilia and cannibalism from the basement of a Washington D.C. restaurant, but quickly picked up steam with 'Q' leaving 'clues' and claims that Trump was going to bring down the deep state.
A major conspiracy theory has continued to be that there is a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles made up on politicians and celebrities, including President Jose Biden Jr., Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Ellen DeGeneres, and even Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama.
Whenever the conspiracies turn out to not be true, followers rationalize that the inaccuracies are part of Q’s larger plan.
Since its inception, QAnon has grown to be an umbrella term for a range of conspiracy theories.
Who is Q? There may now be multiple people posing as Q on the anonymous 4chan boards.
A QAnon believer blocked the bridge near Hoover Dam with a homemade armored tank in the name of the movement, and later pleaded guilty to terrorism
Conspiracy theories: QAnon believers subscribe to many different conspiracy theories, and they look for hints and clues from politicians they support, including former President Donald Trump. More theories below.
Hoover Dam: In June 2019, 32-year-old Matthew Wright, a QAnon supporter, blocked the bridge near Hoover Dam in Arizona with a homemade armored vehicle in a 90-minute stand-off. He pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and has written two letters to Donald Trump from jail, which include the sign-off, which has become the QAnon motto: 'For where we go one, we go all.'
Michael Flynn: Trump’s former national security adviser became a martyr figure for QAnon believers after he took a plea deal from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, admitting he lied about his Russia contacts. QAnon conspiracy have spun Flynn pleading guilty into him being a persecuted victim of the deep state — and some even claim he is ‘Q.’
Many believers put three star emojis next to their Twitter handles. But the retired three-star general has denounced any connections to the group and pulled out of participating in an event after finding out it was hosted by a QAnon believer.
QAnon believers make former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn out to be a martyr after taking a plea deal with Robert Mueller
QAnon Political Candidates: Jo Rae Perkins, 64, won the Republican primary in Oregon in May to run for a Senate seat against incumbent Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley. “I stand with Q and the team,” she said when asked about her interest in the group. She insisted she goes to QAnon message boards as a “source of information” and claims media focuses too much on the group. Perkins won 49 per cent of the vote against three other Republicans.
Marjorie Taylor Greene came in first place in the Republican primary in a deep-red Georgia district, and was elected to the US House of Representatives in November 2020. She claims to have stopped believing in QAnon in 2018, but continues to make controversial statements, and was forced to apologize in June for comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust.
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