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Shut the F Up!

Stopping the Vigilant Fox is not censorship - it's public health.

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Joshua Powell
Jun 04, 2025
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In the summer of 2022, a pseudonymous figure calling himself "The Vigilant Fox" had built what medical experts and fact-checkers would identify as a systematic misinformation operation. Behind the carefully crafted persona of a concerned healthcare whistleblower lay a pattern of content that consistently misrepresented medical research in ways that contradicted established scientific consensus.

The man behind The Vigilant Fox acknowledged his background: twelve years of healthcare experience and a transformation from someone who "never voiced strong opinions" to an active opponent of COVID-19 measures. His stated motivation was clear—he believed he was witnessing "the worst assault on human liberties" during the pandemic. But analysis of his content by medical experts reveals troubling patterns in how he presented scientific information to his growing audience.

The Vigilant Fox had developed a methodology that involved taking legitimate research and presenting it in ways that medical ex…

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