CALGARY — An Alberta father, who was charged with the death of his toddler son for failing to seek professional medical care, says the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, meant to bring on “fancy new vaccines.”
Controversial naturopath David Stephan posted about his views on COVID-19 on social media, claiming facts and figures about the illness are ‘falsely inflated.’
“I can’t help but state it as I see it… a HOAX!!! A hoax that is being used to usher in a one-world government, with a digital currency and some fancy new vaccines that you will have the chance to experience, whether you like it or not,” he wrote.
The World Health Organization declared novel coronavirus a global pandemic on March 12. So far, the virus has killed more than 105,000 people and sickened another 1.7 million around the world. There is no known cure or vaccine to help stop the spread of the virus.
Still, Stephan justifies his argument with claims of how rights are being removed at an “unprecedented rate,” how quickly jobs are being lost and how the “economy is intentionally being nose-dived right into the ground.”
Stephan says he came to the realization after he conducted his own research into what would lead governments and health officials to take “such injurious actions” against Albertans and Canadians as a whole.
David Stephan, along with his wife Collet, who lived at a rural property in the Lethbridge area, were charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life to their 19-month-old son Ezekiel after the boy died in a Calgary hospital in 2012. They had treated their toddler with horseradish and garlic before calling an ambulance. Ezekiel was stiff as a board and wasn’t breathing. He died of bacterial meningitis, according to experts who testified in court at the first trial.
They were originally convicted and sentenced, but those convictions were overturned by the Supreme Court of Canada and a new trial was ordered.
The Stephans were found not guilty at their second trial when another set of medical experts found Ezekiel’s meningitis was caused by a virus.
The Crown’s appeal of that decision is expected to take place in June.