The claim

A video on YouTube is intended to give the impression that it was created by the city with the title “Vienna's violence-glorifying vaccination campaign” and the insertion “City of Vienna” at the end of the video.

Our conclusion

The YouTube video is a gross deception because a video about violence against women from 2013 is shown as a large image, two real videos from the city of Vienna can only be seen in small excerpts, and the fade-in at the end of the video also gives the impression that there is no context that the entire video comes from the city of Vienna. In the real videos of the vaccination campaign, dialogues can also be heard beforehand in which the importance of the 4th vaccination is questioned, which explains the angry reaction to the injection.

The video is apparently intended to simulate authenticity by showing the words “City of Vienna” next to the city’s coat of arms at the end. But only the excerpts from two TikTok videos are actually from the city, but there is no context whatsoever, while the large video from the “Violence Against Women” helpline comes from 2013.

The video

This was to YouTube and has over 4,000 views as of this writing. In the comments there is a correspondingly negative reaction to the alleged campaign by the city of Vienna. Here are some screenshots:

The alleged video from the city of Vienna
The alleged video from the city of Vienna

In the video, a woman can be seen spilling some coffee, after which the man gets angry, tries to hit her, she runs away in panic, he chases her and finally grabs her head. A TikTok video is shown with a person dressed as a syringe who, in two scenes, angrily sweeps the objects on a kitchen table and the papers and keyboard on an office table onto the floor.

The origin of the main video

The video with the angry man and the scared woman has absolutely nothing to do with a vaccination campaign and does not come from the city of Vienna. It is a so-called PSA (Public Service Announcement) from the “Violence Against Women” helpline from 2013 :

The origin of TikTok videos

The two excerpts from the TikTok videos actually come from the city of Vienna, but are taken out of context due to the lack of dialogue in the overlays and therefore appear violent. Here are the two original videos:

@boosta.diespritze Boosta crashes a date🙈 #vienna #comedy #boosta #date #crash #fyp ♬ Original sound – Boosta

In the video, a couple sits at a table.
He: “ Have you heard now? Now comes the 4th Corona sting. Are they stupid?
You: “ Really now?! What's wrong with them? They're so boring.
The syringe then enters the scene and angrily sweeps the things off the table.

@boosta.diespritze Don't mess with Boosta! 💉😜 #vaccination #corona #theoffice #boostadiespritze #randale ♬ Original sound – Boosta

A woman and a man sit at a table using computers.
Him: “ Are you getting vaccinated?” The 4th trick?
You: “ Vaccination? 4. Stitch? I don't even have the first one. "
He: " It's smarter that way anyway... Leave it "
The syringe enters the scene again and angrily sweeps papers and a keyboard off the table.

The theme of both videos is clear: The syringe is angry that people want to forego the fourth vaccination without much argument. The comments on the videos are mostly positive, but of course there are also negative comments about vaccinations in general, as well as accusations that the videos glorify violence.

Criticism of the viciousness of the syringe

find the angry syringe in some videos from the TikTok account “ boosta.diespritze ,” which was set up by the city of Vienna, funny, but some find it rather “blackmailing” (mostly from clear opponents of vaccination) and even glorifying violence. The latter probably also includes the creator of the YouTube video, who apparently compares the TikTok videos with videos about domestic violence, but does not say this in the video description, but only days later in the reply to a comment.

The city of Vienna has apparently taken the criticism to heart: The more recent videos show a very friendly syringe who sometimes gives out hugs:

@boosta.diespritze Boosta's love gets under your skin (höhö) #freeHugs #Corona #Boosta ♬ Put Your Head on My Shoulder (Remastered) – Paul anka

Conclusion

It's probably a matter of taste whether the videos of the angry syringe are funny or even glorify violence. However, the YouTube video is a gross deception, as a large image shows a video about violence against women from 2013, only small excerpts of two real videos from the city of Vienna can be seen, and the fade-in at the end of the video also gives the impression without any context that the entire video came from the city of Vienna.

Additional source:

DerStandard , City of Vienna on Instagram with Boosta videos

Also interesting: The joy that vaccination opponents felt when they actually discovered a small actor among the 84 people in the Lauterbach vaccination campaign and concluded that everyone taking part must be an actor is funny if it weren't so sad.
84 actors? No, a bit player in a vaccination campaign!


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