# Norwegian conspiracy theorist dies with covid after holding in-person meetings declaring it a hoax **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 14, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-conspiracy-theorist-dies-with-covid-after-holding-in-person-meetings-declaring-it-a-hoax/939996 "2021-04-14T19:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-conspiracy-theorist-dies-with-covid-after-holding-in-person-meetings-declaring-it-a-hoax/939996/1 "2021-04-14T19:33:59Z")
Never on an arc to become known outside of Norway Hans Kristian Gaarder published “alternative thinking” furiously for over a decade on the biggest “alternative news” site in Norway. Apparently he’s also been doing lectures every weekend for at least the last few months and presumably before that for small audiences. Recent topics have been how COVID was a planned event to get an excuse for the big vaccine drive, how Trump might still be president and how Earth will soon achieve universal harmony. Now he and an audience member from the last event are dead, both refusing medical treatment and the audience member at least having had worsening COVID symptoms for over a week. Both tested positive after death. Other audience members are refusing to aid the contact tracers … > **[Norwegian conspiracy theorist dies with COVID](https://skepchick.org/2021/04/norwegian-conspiracy-theorist-dies-with-covid/)** > > Yes, I wrote “with” COVID. 60-year old Hans Kristian Gaarder had not been receiving medical treatment before his death and the positive COVID-test was done post mortem. The news do repo… ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-conspiracy-theorist-dies-with-covid-after-holding-in-person-meetings-declaring-it-a-hoax/939996/2 "2021-04-14T19:46:11Z")
Now then let’s be fair. He didn’t die _of_ Covid. He died _with_ Covid. He died of the underlying condition of terminal ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-conspiracy-theorist-dies-with-covid-after-holding-in-person-meetings-declaring-it-a-hoax/939996/3 "2021-04-14T19:49:00Z")
You’re replying to a post and blog that both use “with” rather than “of” …