COVID-19 pandemic deniers vandalize Lexington health care buildings, officials say [View all]
Lexington health care workers and officials have become the targets for COVID-19 conspiracy theorists making efforts to downplay the virus.
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department and the Urgent Care center on Nicholasville Road were vandalized with graffiti about the coronavirus. On multiple parts of the building, Urgent Care employees found spray-painted messages, including “#plandemic,” and “COVID-19 was an inside job” and the URL to a website that pushes COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
“In our opinion, it’s a coward’s way to have done it,” said Kim Blanke, a member of the management team at Urgent Care Centers of Kentucky. “That’s obviously not the platform to express yourself.”
The spray paint was on the building next to the front door and on the wall on the side of the building where patients park, Blanke said. There was a picture of a wildcat taped to the front door. The photo had the words “eternal vigilance” on it, Blanke said.
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