The 49-year-old wrote a now-deleted and ‘dangerous’ post on Twitter, screenshotted by The Jewish Chronicle, that the coronavirus had been manufactured to ‘destroy the west’.
She also bizarrely linked Dr Anthony Fauci, who was the chief medical adviser to the US presidency during the pandemic and, as a result, the subject for many conspiracy theorists, to the ‘bioengineering’.
Turner said: ‘Sars cov 2 virus causes less harm to certain ethnicities – east Asians, and Ashkenazi Jews (Fauci anyone?) than to European, S Asian & African … Just let that sink in.’
Referencing conspiracy theories Covid was developed in a laboratory in Wuhan, she continued: ‘This is looking increasingly like a bio weapon to destroy the west.’
Pointing out the dangers of Turner’s post, Dave Rich, the head of policy at the Community Security Trust, told The Guardian: ‘It’s both depressing and alarming how easily an antisemitic myth can spread from the cranky corners of the internet into mainstream politics and media on both sides of the Atlantic.
‘Not only is this a dangerous conspiracy theory, it is grossly insulting to the many Jewish families that lost loved ones to Covid-19 during the pandemic
Turner finished her post with: ‘Why is this not on the front pages of every paper?’
She also tagged disgraced health secretary Matt Hancock, who resigned after breaking his own lockdown rules when he was caught on camera snogging his aide, and former PM Boris Johnson.
Johnson was recently found by a government inquiry to have deliberately misled parliament about the Partygate scandal.
It’s not the first time Turner has come under fire for irresponsible comments about coronavirus, having previously claimed on This Morning in 2021 vaccines were not effective.
Her remarks sparked 53 complaints to Ofcom after viewers expressed their outrage, with one writing on social media: ‘Irresponsible of you to clip this up as it contains so much misinformation. I hope you clip up the actual expert talking about it!’
Turner similarly shared her scepticism over the coronavirus vaccine on The Jeremy Vine Show the same year and made it clear her children wouldn’t be having the jab and called the then rollout a ‘trial.’
More than 100 people complained to the media watchdog about the debate.
According to the NHS the Covid-19 vaccination is ‘safe and effective’ and gives you ‘the best protection’ against the virus.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to reps for Turner, GB News and Community Security Trust for comment.
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