Riverdale’s KJ Apa, Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. also shared the video (via toofab)
"They would rather let fear control them and let the rich get richer and the poor and sick get sicker," Madonna reportedly wrote in the caption of the since-deleted post.
Instagram first blurred the singer's post and added a warning saying the video spread"false information." By Wednesday morning, the social media platform had removed the post. "We've removed this video for making false claims about cures and prevention methods for COVID-19," Raki Wane, Instagram's policy communications manager, told USA Today."People who reacted to, commented on, or shared this video, will see messages directing them to authoritative information about the virus."
The controversial video, which quickly went viral, featured Dr. Stella Immanuel -- a Houston pediatrician and religious minister known for her bizarre medical claims, such as comments about alien DNA -- standing outside of the Supreme Court alongside other physicians who call themselves"America's Frontline Doctors."
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