‘It doesn’t add up!’ Celebrity chef Pete Evans claims the public is being LIED TO about coronavirus as he spreads dangerous fake news on social media
Pete Evans is convinced governments are not telling the truth about the total number of coronavirus cases around the world.
On Wednesday, the 47-year-old former MKR judge and conspiracy theorist shared a post to Facebook in which he questioned the confirmed infection rate.
‘Anyone knows what this means?’ he captioned a meme which suggested that the official reporting of coronavirus cases was incorrect.
‘It doesn’t add up!’ Pete Evans (pictured) has claimed the government is lying to the public about the total number of coronavirus cases in a cryptic social media post on Wednesday
Pete made sure not to state that he agreed with the post, insisting he’s ‘just a chef’.
However, he added the hashtag ‘it doesn’t add up’, which seems to suggest he does not agree with the official figures.
It’s unclear if Pete is suggesting the number of cases is higher or lower than what health organisations are stating.
‘Anyone knows what this means?’ the 47-year-old asked asked his followers, after he shared a meme which claimed the government are incorrectly calculating the number of COVID-19 cases
It comes after the anti-vaxxer made headlines for suggesting he was immune to COVID-19, which so far has infected 7.4 million people and killed more than 404,000 worldwide.
Pete made the bizarre claim during his interview with Liz Hayes on 60 Minutes – but his statements were edited out of the version that went to air on Sunday night.
In the full interview, uploaded to his YouTube account this week, Pete said: ‘We know there’s a flu that goes around, whatever strain or mutation or whatever that is, who knows? I’ve never had a flu vaccine because I’m not concerned about catching a flu.’
What would I know? While the outspoken chef played coy, Pete claimed he is sent similar posts all the time, but it just goes over his head because he’s ‘just a chef’
He added: ‘And am I fearful of COVID-19, if I came into contact with anybody [who has it]? No I’m not, because I believe in who I am and my ability to stay as healthy as I can through anything.’
During his interview, Pete also revealed he was skeptical of whether the spread of coronavirus actually constituted a pandemic.
‘There seems to be more and more information that comes out that is conflicting,’ he said, attempting to justify his conspiracy theory.
Coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11.
While 102 people have died in Australia from coronavirus, more than 6,740 of the 7,276 diagnosed cases have recovered.
Nothing to worry about? ‘And am I fearful of COVID-19? No I’m not, because I believe in who I am and my ability to stay as healthy as I can through anything,’ Pete said last week