German COVID-19 conspiracy theorist Sucharit Bhakdi . Photo: Screenshot. An outspoken COVID-19 conspiracy theorist in Germany who was cleared of antisemitic incitement charges last November is to face criminal proceedings after all. The public prosecutor in the state of Schleswig -Holstein announced on Thursday that Sucharit Bhakdi — a former professor of microbiology at the University of Mainz who emerged as a vocal conspiracy theory advocate at the height of the pandemic — would now have to answer to incitement charges on two separate counts. The charges relate to comments Bhakdi made in a video that was widely circulated online...