Matt Le Tissier disables Twitter replies on conspiracy of Covid ‘coincidence’

03/19/2021

Matt Le Tissier has chosen to to disable replies on his latest Covid conspiracy theory on Twitter which concerned the death of Tanzania's President John Magufuli.

The passing of Magufuli, who was first elected president in 2015, was announced by Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan this week following heart complications at a local hospital.

Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and was said to have contracted Covid-19 by rival politicians according to the BBC, which has not been confirmed.

The 61-year-old, who declared Tanzania as "Covid-19 free" last June, had not only stated that the virus had been eradicated by three days of national prayer, but also expressed doubts about masks and testing.

Le Tissier’s tweet included a screenshot of an article which is titled ‘It’s time for Africa to rein in Tanzania’s anti-vaxxer president’ which was written by Vava Tampa for the Guardian in February.

Highlighted at the bottom of the intro was the words, 'Global development is supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation'.

The former England and Southampton forward wrote: “And a couple of weeks later he’s dead. These coincidences are quite amazing but of course that’s just what they are, coincidences. The sponsors of the article you ask, nah just another coincidence.”

Le Tissier has been active in tweeting his views on Covid-19 throughout the last year, first writing back in March of 2020: "Why scare the entire population with this corona virus stuff.

"It’s only the elderly and people with existing conditions that are at risk but you’d think everyone was going to die by the way it’s being reported."

Adding of the current vaccine programme earlier this week: “Strange that countries have suspended vaccine roll out because of a few blood clots but happily carried on after hundreds of vaccine related deaths – misdirection anyone.”

Emer Cooke, The European Medicines Agency’s executive director, told a news conference on Thursday in relation to the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine: "This is a safe and effective vaccine. Its benefits in protecting people from Covid-19 with the associated risks of death and hospitalisation outweigh the possible risks."

With Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Chief Executive Dr June Raine saying: “Our thorough and careful review, alongside the critical assessment of leading, independent scientists, shows that there is no evidence that that blood clots in veins is occurring more than would be expected in the absence of vaccination, for either vaccine.”

Matt Le Tissier disables Twitter replies on conspiracy of Covid ‘coincidence’

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