Over the weekend, President Donald Trump posted a fake Fox News clip showing himself sitting in an oval office, which he later deleted.
In a video that appears to have been generated by artificial intelligence, Fox's host Lara Trump has announced that he is debuting a “historic new health care system” in which the president will grant “Medbed Cards” to US citizens for use at “Medbed Hospital.”
“You can guarantee access to our new hospitals, led by top doctors in the country,” Trump says in a fake clip posted on his true social page. The bed is “designed to restore all citizens to full health and strength,” he explains.
The problem is that they do not exist.
The White House has yet to explain why the US president is driving speculation about completely fantastical health care treatments. HuffPost did not receive a response to a request for comment.
“Med Bed” – The idea that a magical hospital bed that heals illness, can even regenerate and reverse aging the arms and legs is a fantasy dreamed of by conspiracy theorists of the fringe online community like Canon.
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Before Trump won his second term, Medved followers argued that if he became president again, he would free them for all Americans.
Advocates argue that beds are already available for the wealthy elites of the world gatekeeping technology from other parts of humanity.
According to the Associated Press, certain beliefs are different, but the bed was developed by the US military, perhaps with alien technology. The followers reportedly discuss them on Tiktok, Facebook and telegram channels dedicated to alternative medicine.
One of the combat veterans who spoke with the New York Times last year explained to them learning about Medbed through a right-wing social platform called Patriot Party News. He told the outlet about some of the reactions he's heard from others on the platform:
Another reportedly said that an appointment was required for her husband who suffered a stroke.
Without the kind of government-run “Medbed Hospital” described in Trump's Post, a few companies have stepped up to sell a kind of Medbed experience.
One such company, called Tesla Biohealing, sells at home treatment and appointments at one of several “Medbed” locations across the country. (Despite the name, it has nothing to do with the electric car maker.) During a $120 two-hour “Cellular Recharge Session” in Butler, Pennsylvania, Tesla Biohealing claims “receive.”The large amount of vital energy that the body's cells can use freely can be used when necessary to begin charging and repairing the system. ”
A BBC reporter who attempted treatment said it was offered in a motel room in a small town in Illinois. He felt that the company's “medbed” container was shown in the room where he sat under the bed, but that he “clearly lacked vital energy.”
One of the home-based products sold by Tesla's Biohealing is a four block intended to be placed around an individual's bed, allowing the body to “absorb biophobic energy for deep repair.” The cost is $7,999. The price for a similar product is $11,000.
Antiscientific beliefs are nothing new. However, they have skyrocketed more prominently due to the rise of internet message boards and social media. The Covid-19 pandemic has provided additional fuel as elected officials, including Trump, encouraged their members to “do their own research” on alternative treatments and to question the medical advice of experts. Since then, mainstream medical skepticism has been growing, with vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking over the country's health department in Trump's second term.
People who believe in fake medical therapy decide to turn down the real treatment associated with science when there are life-threatening conditions, leading to unnecessary suffering and death.
Meanwhile, promising scientific research indeed faces unprecedented cuts in Trump's second administration.
