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Coronavirus-Disinformation

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Coronavirus Information on the Center for Disease Control Website

World Health Organization Information on Coronavirus

Here’s A Running List Of Disinformation Spreading About The Coronavirus

There are plenty of fake videos and unsourced claims of how many people have been affected. by  Jane Lytvynenko BuzzFeed News Reporter. Last updated on January 29, 2020, at 12:07 p.m. ET Posted on January 24, 2020

Chinese State Media Spread A False Image Of A Hospital For Coronavirus Patients In Wuhan  Buzzfeed The photo actually shows an apartment building.  Jane Lytvynenko BuzzFeed News Reporter. Last updated on January 27, 2020, at 4:26 p.m. ET Posted on January 27, 2020, at 12:55 p.m. ET  “the combative, bombastic, frankly Trympy voice of the People’s Republic of China on Twitter“, “Lijian Zhao, deputy director general of the information department in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” Tweeted and Chinese state-run Global Times & People’s Daily spread it (known to troll the US), and Bloomberg fell for it.  Actual Status: “Health officials have confirmed five cases across the US so far, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. China has reported over 80 deaths and nearly 3,000 infections, according to the New York Times. Health officials around the globe are asking any recent travelers from China to self-isolate, the Guardian reports.”

Extremists Use Coronavirus to Advance Anti-Semitic Conspiratorial Agendas The Jewish Voice 02/09/2020 “On notoriously extremist-friendly platforms like Telegram, 4chan and Gab,  it’s easy to find posts linking the coronavirus to racist and anti-Semitic slurs and memes.”

Bioweapons, secret labs, and the CIA: pro-Kremlin actors blame the U.S. for coronavirus outbreak. Multiple narratives begin to emerge on fringe Russian outlets and social media, following a familiar playbook @DFRLab January 30, 2020. “While epidemiologists work to identify the exact source of the outbreak, officially known as 2019-nCov, pro-Kremlin actors are already blaming the United States for supposedly using bioweapons to disseminate the virus. So far, their efforts have gained very little traction.”

Twitter bans Zero Hedge account after it doxxed a Chinese researcher over coronavirus Washington Post By Derek Hawkins  February 1, 2020 at 10:07 a.m. PST Zero Hedge founder, a.k.a. Tyler Durden posted “Is This The Man Behind The Global Coronavirus Pandemic?” and was subsequently banned.  Zero Hedge has promoted false Burisma-Hunter Biden conspiracies and more.