Staged event

Michigan state senator Shirkey said: “That’s been a hoax from day one, that was all pre-arranged,” asserting that the violent component of the group “went in on separate buses, that were all arranged by somebody that was funding everyone.”

An insider came forward to Project Veritas with hidden camera recordings revealing how CBS News organized a fake coronavirus testing line at the Cherry Health facility in Grand Rapids, and used “fake patients” recruited from the medical staff to make the CBS news report look authentic.

Two people dressed as nurses jumped in front of a car at a freedom protest against the shutdown and photographers snapped pics that appeared to be staged as the 'nurses' then left the protests. The photos were used to criticize the pro-freedom demonstrators on social media.

Dr. Colleen Smith, who produced a video about mass deaths at Elmhurst Hospital, attended the NYU School of Medicine as a "Simulation Fellow" and gives lectures on medical-crisis simulations, raising the reasonable question whether her video shows a real or simulated event.