Lexington COVID-19 testing site vandalized with conspiracy theories
One of Lexington’s COVID-19 testing sites has been vandalized with phrases that appear to question the validity of testing.
Police were called Sunday morning to the Walgreens location on Executive Drive, which now is used only for drive-through COVID-19 testing. Graffiti had been painted in large red letters, including phrases like “False Positives,” “PCR Tests Fake,” “Power to the People” and a website linked to a COVID-19 conspiracy theory. A smaller spray-painted “Q” could also be seen on the building. It’s not clear if it was intended as a reference to QAnon, a pro-Trump set of conspiracy theories about Democratic pedophiles and sex trafficking.
The vandalism is under investigation, according to Lexington police spokesman Sgt. Donnell Gordon.
Gov. Andy Beshear said during his daily briefing Monday that the high number of tests and the different types of tests mean that some false positive and negative results are possible, but those instances are rare. The tests being used are thought to be very accurate, he said.
The Executive Drive testing site remains open. A spokesman from Walgreens declined to comment on the criminal case Monday.
