Russian Media Spew U.S. Coronavirus Conspiracies for Domestic Audience

[90DayFinancier 910]

https://www.polygraph.info/a/russia-coronavirus-conspiracy-fact-check/30402622.html

 

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Jan. 28 the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the coronavirus 2019-nCoV had spread from China to about 11 countries, had killed 80 people and had infected 2,798 worldwide.

The day before, stories propagated in a large number of Russian domestic news outlets began suggesting the United States might be behind the outbreak.

“The Chinese believe the coronavirus is created by the Americans,” the popular Komsomolskaya Pravda reported, citing as proof that the virus was “genetically shaped in the American laboratories,” the claim that “all the infected are Asians!” and there are “no Europeans.”

The virus has been confirmed in the U.S., Australia, Canada and France, where reports of three cases incited fear of a contagion in European capitals, according to reports by the Guardian and Bloomberg.

Russian Media Spew U.S. Coronavirus Conspiracies for Domestic Audience
Russian Media Spew U.S. Coronavirus Conspiracies for Domestic Audience
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Jan. 27 also had confirmed five cases of 2019-nCoV in the United States with 73 pending diagnosis.

Some Russian media reports suggested U.S. bioterrorism.

“The expert saw signs of the American bioterrorism in spreading of the coronavirus,” Moskovsky Komsomelets newspaper reported.

The story featured Igor Nikulin, a Russian biochemical and military expert and former adviser to the United Nations commission on biological and chemical weapons.

Nikulin was the same scientist who claimed the United States, not Russia, was behind the March 2018 poisoning, using a military grade nerve agent, of the ex-KGB spy Sergey Skripal and his daughter in the U.K.

[Rosalind F 178]

For me (and not just me!), Komsomolskaya Pravda is something like Infowars in terms of how trustworthy it is

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

22 minutes ago, Rosalind F said:

For me (and not just me!), Komsomolskaya Pravda is something like Infowars in terms of how trustworthy it is

@90DayFinancier I have heard this as well from other sources. That it is one news site that is directly tied to the Russian government. 

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

13 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

@90DayFinancier I have heard this as well from other sources. That it is one news site that is directly tied to the Russian government. 

must be owned by Trump

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

5 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

must be owned by Trump

You mean Trutin?  Or is it Pump?

[Just Paul 4,595]

I'm always getting the weird viruses.  Heading to Hong Kong and Phils on the 21st.  Reading this and my nose starts running.   Darn.

[Dashinka 24,745]

52 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

I'm always getting the weird viruses.  Heading to Hong Kong and Phils on the 21st.  Reading this and my nose starts running.   Darn.

My wife and I were going to transit through Beijing, her on the 21st and myself in mid-March, but Delta just canceled all flights to mainland China.  Now in the process of trying to get a route through Seoul/Incheon.

[Just Paul 4,595]

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

My wife and I were going to transit through Beijing, her on the 21st and myself in mid-March, but Delta just canceled all flights to mainland China.  Now in the process of trying to get a route through Seoul/Incheon.

My connection is HKG on the 23rd is for a conference in Manila. I can get a waiver from American and move the connection to Narita but they want $550 is fare difference.  I'm sure Narita will be the same treatment as HKG by then. Unfortunately I have an obligation with the Mexican Consulate in Hong Kong on the 2nd so I'm stuck going to HKG for now.

 

All this from eating live bats?

[Steeleballz 7,550]

33 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

My wife and I were going to transit through Beijing, her on the 21st and myself in mid-March, but Delta just canceled all flights to mainland China.  Now in the process of trying to get a route through Seoul/Incheon.

 

   If it was me, I would reroute through Atlanta to final destination = Miami. March is a long way off for this type of thing, and Seoul is too close to the epicenter. Then again so is Vladivostok.

[Dashinka 24,745]

11 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   If it was me, I would reroute through Atlanta to final destination = Miami. March is a long way off for this type of thing, and Seoul is too close to the epicenter. Then again so is Vladivostok.

Korea has had as many cases as the US and no deaths as well.  Not sure it really matters quite honestly, but hey, going through Korea gives us a chance to have some Korean BBQ and kimchi.