Germany's Supreme Court ruled that the measles virus does not exist
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Fact-checking sources report that the German Supreme Court made no such ruling, explaining that the rumor stems from a legal dispute involving an anti-vaccination activist's denial of the measles virus.
Stefan Thomas Josef Lanka (born 1963 in Langenargen ) is a German conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccination activist who advocates for various scientifically refuted positions, such as AIDS denial. He became known to a wider public through a trial concerning his denial of the existence of the measles virus.
Stefan Thomas Josef Lanka (born 1963 in Langenargen ) is a German conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccination activist who advocates for various scientifically refuted positions, such as AIDS denial. He became known to a wider public through a trial concerning his denial of the existence of the measles virus.
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