Editing Naomi Wolf (section)

===COVID-19 pandemic===
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Wolf has frequently promoted [[COVID-19 misinformation]], [[misinformation related to vaccination]] and [[5G conspiracies|5G conspiracy theories]].<ref name="BsIn2021">{{cite news |last1=Burrell |first1=Ian |title=Who's afraid of Naomi Wolf? |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/whos-afraid-of-naomi-wolf-2021-6 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |work=Business Insider |date=June 5, 2021 |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605132424/https://www.businessinsider.com/whos-afraid-of-naomi-wolf-2021-6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC2021-06-06">{{Cite news |date=June 6, 2021 |title=Covid: Twitter suspends Naomi Wolf after tweeting anti-vaccine misinformation |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57374241 |access-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413033943/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57374241 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TimesUK2021-06-13">{{Cite news |last=Kinchen |first=Rosie |date=June 13, 2021 |title=Naomi Wolf: I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'm asking important questions |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/naomi-wolf-im-not-a-conspiracy-theorist-im-asking-important-questions-m8ftgs5dc |access-date=April 12, 2022 |issn=0140-0460 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412011201/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/naomi-wolf-im-not-a-conspiracy-theorist-im-asking-important-questions-m8ftgs5dc |url-status=live }}</ref>

After [[Joe Biden]] was elected U.S. president, Wolf tweeted on November 9, 2020: "If I'd known Biden was open to '[[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]]' as he now states, which is something historically unprecedented in any pandemic, and a terrifying practice, one that won't ever end because elites love it, I would never have voted for him."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-biden-economic-lockdowns-coronavirus|title=Ex-Clinton adviser questions Biden vote over his stance on more shutdowns|first=Brittany|last=De Lea|work=Fox News|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=February 6, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223042200/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-biden-economic-lockdowns-coronavirus|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2021, Wolf said on ''[[Tucker Carlson Tonight]]'' on [[Fox News]] that government COVID-19 restrictions were turning the U.S. "into a totalitarian state before everyone's eyes", and went on to say, "I really hope we wake up quickly, because history also shows that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Halon |first1=Yael |title=Ex-Clinton adviser Naomi Wolf warns US becoming 'totalitarian state before our eyes' under Biden |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/naomi-wolf-tucker-clinton-adviser-biden-lockdowns |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=Fox News |date=February 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223032437/https://www.foxnews.com/media/naomi-wolf-tucker-clinton-adviser-biden-lockdowns |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a March 2021 interview for [[Sky News Australia]], Wolf claimed that lockdown policies are an "invention" of Chinese leader [[Xi Jinping]]. She also said that "Every human right in law is being violated", that Australians are being "lied to over and over", and that Australians are being psychologically tortured.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6236581663001|title=Lockdowns are an 'invention of Xi Jinping': Naomi Wolf|work=Sky News Australia|date=March 2, 2021|access-date=March 2, 2021|quote='It's been painful for me to watch the people of Australia being lied to over and over and tortured there psychologically.' Ms Wolf said Australia's democracy has been 'put on hold' for 'illegal reasons'.  'Nowhere does it say in a sound and healthy society that you get to suspend civil liberties if there's a disease around. That is not how it works in a democracy'.|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302073729/https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6236581663001|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 19, 2021, Wolf alleged that [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]] director [[Anthony Fauci]], Biden's chief medical advisor, "doesn't work for us", asserting he had loyalties to [[Israel]] that interfered with service to public health. Wolf pointed to $1 million she said Fauci had received from Israel. It was actually the [[Dan David Prize]], a prestigious private award that Fauci received in 2021 for public service.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sales |first=Ben |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf claims Anthony Fauci 'doesn't work for us' and got $1 million from Israel |url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/conspiracy-theorist-naomi-wolf-says-on-fox-news-that-anthony-fauci-doesnt-work-for-us-and-got-1-million-from-israel |access-date=April 21, 2021 |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |language=en-US |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420234049/https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/conspiracy-theorist-naomi-wolf-says-on-fox-news-that-anthony-fauci-doesnt-work-for-us-and-got-1-million-from-israel |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 3, 2021 |title=Fauci, Rosenberg Win Dan David Prize |url=https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2021/03/19/fauci-rosenberg-win-dan-david-prize |access-date=April 21, 2021 |website=NIH Record |language=EN |quote=for his exceptional contributions to HIV research, being the architect of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, heading NIAID, fighting for the recognition of novel approaches such as mRNA vaccines and 'courageously defending science in the face of uninformed opposition during the challenging Covid-19 crisis.' |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421023236/https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2021/03/19/fauci-rosenberg-win-dan-david-prize |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wolf opposes [[COVID-19 vaccine passports]], saying they represent "the absolute end of the line for human liberty in the West."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Silverman|first=Jacob|date=March 31, 2021|title=A Vaccine Passport Would Be an Ethical Disaster Right Now|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/161868/vaccine-passport-excelsior-justin-amash|access-date=April 29, 2021|issn=0028-6583|archive-date=April 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429140400/https://newrepublic.com/article/161868/vaccine-passport-excelsior-justin-amash|url-status=live}}</ref>

Wolf has frequently shared [[Misinformation related to vaccination|conspiracy theories]] concerning the safety and efficacy of [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccines against COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Boucher|first=Dave|url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/may/06/covid-19-conspiracy-theorist-testifies-michigan/|title=Michigan lawmakers invite COVID-19 conspiracy theorist to testify on bill to ban vaccine passports|work=Politifact|date=May 6, 2021|access-date=May 9, 2021|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509192642/https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/may/06/covid-19-conspiracy-theorist-testifies-michigan/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2021, she was instrumental in amplifying and spreading myths that the vaccines cause female infertility.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brumfiel |first=Geoff |date=July 20, 2021 |title=The Life Cycle Of A COVID-19 Vaccine Lie |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/20/1016912079/the-life-cycle-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-lie |access-date=July 21, 2021 |work=[[NPR|NPR News]] |language=en |archive-date=July 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720231639/https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/20/1016912079/the-life-cycle-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-lie |url-status=live }}</ref> Wolf's conspiratorial and anti-vaccine stance has been criticized as irresponsible, and she has also been the subject of ridicule.<ref name="indy100_1821013">{{cite web|url=https://www.indy100.com/people/naomi-wolf-twitter-prank-covid-vaccine-b1821013|title=Infamous anti-vaxxer Naomi Wolf pranked into sharing a fake doctor's quotation from porn star Johnny Sins|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|last1=Brewis|first1=Harriet|date=March 23, 2021|access-date=May 9, 2021|archive-date=May 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508235004/https://www.indy100.com/people/naomi-wolf-twitter-prank-covid-vaccine-b1821013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Twitter suspended Wolf's account in June 2021,<ref name="BsIn2021" /> a decision the company said was permanent, according to the <!-- Identified with The Observer in the heading -->London ''[[The Observer|Observer]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Connett|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/05/naomi-wolf-banned-twitter-spreading-vaccine-myths|title=Naomi Wolf banned from Twitter for spreading vaccine myths|work=The Observer|location=London|date=June 5, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021}}</ref> At the end of July 2021, ''The Daily Beast'' reported that Wolf was a co-plaintiff in former president [[Donald Trump]]'s social media lawsuit. According to Wolf, Twitter's suspension of her account led her to lose "over half of her business model, investors in her business, and other sources of income."<ref>{{cite news|last=Rawnsley|first=Adam|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vaxxer-naomi-wolf-joins-donald-trumps-doomed-tech-suit?ref=scroll|title=Anti Vaxxer Naomi Wolf Joins Trump's Doomed Tech Suit|work=The Daily Beast|date=July 28, 2021|access-date=July 28, 2021|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728215634/https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vaxxer-naomi-wolf-joins-donald-trumps-doomed-tech-suit?ref=scroll|url-status=live}}</ref>

Wolf appeared on the May 23, 2022, episode of ''[[The Charlie Kirk Show]]'', where she said: "There are military-age men pouring over the border from places like Afghanistan and Ukraine. And the easiest thing in the world to send them to God knows where, you know, and to arm them to assist the World Health Organization." She argued that the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] made it harder for government to subjugate the population, but that it was possible. Wolf said, "I really hope that it doesn't devolve into civil war, which is really what the next thing is in history when you have an occupying force, which is what the WHO will be, you know, by next week."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/youtube-naomi-wolf-says-who-will-occupy-us-next-week-and-could-trigger-civil-war|title=On YouTube, Naomi Wolf says that the WHO will occupy the U.S. next week, and that could trigger a civil war|publisher=Media Matters for America|date=May 23, 2022|access-date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523222117/https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/youtube-naomi-wolf-says-who-will-occupy-us-next-week-and-could-trigger-civil-war|url-status=live}}</ref>

In an October 2022 interview with UK TV channel [[GB News]], Wolf said that COVID-19 vaccines are part of an effort "to destroy British civil society". [[Ofcom]], the UK broadcasting regulatory agency, announced an investigation into GB News after receiving more than 400 complaints from members of the public<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=October 12, 2022 |title=GB News faces second Ofcom inquiry into Covid vaccine coverage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/oct/12/gb-news-second-ofcom-investigation-covid-vaccine-coverage-naomi-wolf-mark-steyn-show |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> and later found the channel in breach of broadcasting rules.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 9, 2023 |title=GB News in 'significant breach' of Ofcom rules over Covid vaccine claims |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gb-news-covid-vaccine-ofcom-b2335467.html |access-date=May 9, 2023 |website=The Independent|first=Adam|last=Forrest |language=en |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509125611/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gb-news-covid-vaccine-ofcom-b2335467.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2023, Wolf appeared with [[Steve Bannon]] in his War Room show on [[Robert J. Sigg]]'s [[Real America's Voice]] television network. They advertised a book titled ''Pfizer Documents Analysis Report'' that supposedly contained "50 reports using primary source Pfizer documents released under a court order by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration". The authors were not mentioned, but summarized as a team of 3,500 medical experts by the name of "The War Room/DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysis Project". According to Wolf and Bannon, the book rips "the veneer off the myth that mRNA injections are safe and effective."<ref>{{Cite web |last=DailyClout |date=January 18, 2023 |title=The War Room/DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysis Volunteers Publish e-Book Available on DailyClout.io's Website |url=https://dailyclout.io/the-war-room-dailyclout-pfizer-documents-analysis-volunteers-publish-e-book-available-on-dailyclout-ios-website/ |access-date=March 20, 2023 |website=DailyClout |language=en-US |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320173336/https://dailyclout.io/the-war-room-dailyclout-pfizer-documents-analysis-volunteers-publish-e-book-available-on-dailyclout-ios-website/ |url-status=live }}</ref>