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‘Dangerous quackery’: Annie Lennox criticises Madonna for sharing coronavirus conspiracy theory

Madonna’s post was removed from Instagram for ‘false information’

Isobel Lewis
Thursday 30 July 2020 10:57 EDT
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Annie Lennox has hit out at Madonna for sharing a coronavirus conspiracy theory on social media.

On Wednesday (29 July), Madonna reposted a video to her Instagram claiming that a fake cure for Covid-19 had been “available for months” but was being hidden to “let fear control the people”.

“This woman is my hero. Thank you Stella Immanuel,” Madonna wrote of the video’s presenter, who is a controversial conspiracy theorist and anti-LGBTQ activist.

In a comment on Madonna’s since-deleted post, Eurythmics singer Lennox wrote: “This is utter madness!!! I can’t believe that you are endorsing this dangerous quackery.

“Hopefully your site has been hacked and you’re just about to explain it,” she continued.

Madonna’s post was deleted from Instagram after it was flagged for sharing false information.

Her post appeared blurred with a warning over the video. Additional text from Instagram read: “Reviewed by independent fact-checkers.”

When users click the button “See Why,” they were shown a list of falsehoods in Madonna’s post.

Fact-checkers note that there is not yet a cure for Covid-19, as the post claims, and that the drug hydroxychloroquine is not a cure.

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