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Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Wednesday called conspiracy theories suggesting the novel coronavirus death toll is inflated because sick people are dying with the virus — not because of it — “nothing but distractions.” What they’re saying: Fauci said at the White House press briefing, …
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Like the fruitless search for the coronavirus “patient zero,” we may never know where the conspiracy theory falsely linking 5G communications networks with the COVID-19 pandemic first arose. But a more important question is this: who took a fringe conspiracy theory and promoted it to a global …
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The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic. Claims that the virus is a foreign bioweapon, a partisan invention or part of a plot to …
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Photo: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images In this week’s edition of We Regret to Inform You During a Pandemic, the world recently learned that rapper M.I.A. is an anti-vaxxer. The outspoken dance music icon tweeted on March 25, “If I have to choose the vaccine or chip I’m gonna choose death,” in a …
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In the face of a global catastrophe like COVID-19, it’s only natural that frightened, anxious people try to ascribe blame in their quest to understand why. The problems arise when they demonize the wrong villain — especially for ideological or political motives. Most recently, some have begun …
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Many of us have seen the conspiracy theories online about COVID-19, and whether it was man-made or not.The scientific community wants to make it clear that those rumors are simply untrue.”For people to think that this is a hoax or some sort of thing that’s being engineered …
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Closing ceremony of the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei … [+] Province, on Oct. 27, 2019. (Photo by Hu Huhu/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Hu Huhu via Getty Images) Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images The Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times has been accused of …
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The Chinese Communist Party has spent the past week publicly pushing conspiracy theories intended to cast doubt on the origins of the coronavirus, and thus deflect criticism over China’s early mishandling of the epidemic. Why it matters: The strategy is a clear departure from Beijing’s previous …
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In the whirlwind of news about the novel coronavirus pandemic, it can be hard to figure out what’s a scam or rumor and what’s vital information. The ways in which the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has transformed the way we work and keep ourselves entertained already feels …
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As Facebook pledges to tackle urgent and potentially dangerous forms of misinformation about the coronavirus, conspiracy theorists on the platform have gone into overdrive. Yesterday, a Facebook video rapidly spread through COVID-19-related community WhatsApp groups in London. “We know that …
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