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    Alex Kaplan‏Verified account @AlKapDC 11 Apr 2020

    Right now a hashtag demanding an end now to social distancing -- something experts have opposed -- is trending nationally on Twitter. The account that apparently originated the hashtag, from last month, is a QAnon account.pic.twitter.com/gRD5S5it6P

    12:14 PM - 11 Apr 2020
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      2. Alex Kaplan‏Verified account @AlKapDC 11 Apr 2020

        Alex Kaplan Retweeted Alex Kaplan

        Last month, a separate QAnon account originated a hashtag pushing a conspiracy theory about the coronavirus & hospitals, which then took off on multiple social media platforms.https://twitter.com/AlKapDC/status/1244702360804392960 …

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        Alex KaplanVerified account @AlKapDC
        More info: this hashtag going around pushing a conspiracy theory about coronavirus & hospitals originated from a QAnon account, & it later took off due to DeAnna Lorraine Tesoriero, a QAnon-supporting former congressional candidate. https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/right-wing-media-figures-spread-empty-hospitals-theory-downplay-threat … https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1244626622982033410 … pic.twitter.com/tb1V064bUk
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      3. Alex Kaplan‏Verified account @AlKapDC 11 Apr 2020

        The hashtag appears to have gained traction today due to Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn's attorney. Powell has previously retweeted multiple major QAnon accounts, tweeted QAnon language, and appeared on QAnon YouTube shows. https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/fbi-calls-qanon-domestic-terror-threat-trump-has-amplified-qanon-supporters-twitter-more-20 … https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1249059756087664642 …pic.twitter.com/QHuBlEmyRF

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      4. Alex Kaplan‏Verified account @AlKapDC 16 Apr 2020

        Correction: another Twitter account used the hashtag slightly earlier than the one I originally noted. However, that account is apparently a QAnon account as well.pic.twitter.com/MJhcoLNqru

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      1. Katzen Sunshine  🇨🇦‏ @I_am_Katzen 11 Apr 2020
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        Shocker

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      2. The Quiet One‏ @DavidCook1959 11 Apr 2020
        Replying to @AlKapDC @cmclymer

        I swear last week people were being much more careful than they are this week. We're bound for a second wave.

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      3. Gungets Tuft‏ @GungetsTuft 11 Apr 2020
        Replying to @DavidCook1959 @AlKapDC @cmclymer

        You never got past the first wave?

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      1. Dr. Linda Belans‏ @LBelans 11 Apr 2020
        Replying to @AlKapDC @neeratanden

        Every time you and others repost this madness, you help promote it. Please follow @GeorgeLakoff's researched advice on this. #TruthSandwich

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      2. Blue‏ @Dotdogz 11 Apr 2020
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        pic.twitter.com/dJ8dWeGbKi

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      3. Mark‏ @NJdoc 12 Apr 2020
        Replying to @Dotdogz @AlKapDC @neeratanden

        But he us a docter!pic.twitter.com/PmOBRWidnW

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      1. tim cronin‏ @tcronin888 11 Apr 2020
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        #keepUSAClosedUntilFauciSaysYes

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