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As The U.S. Prepares For COVID-19 Disinformation Stokes Panic And Discord [Chinese Actors]
Forbes ^ | April 7, 2020 | Wayne Rash

Posted on 04/07/2020 9:29:29 PM PDT by familyop

The goal of this campaign was to downplay health risks across the American public, and to cast doubt on the critical warnings and directions given by the U.S. Government, state and local officials, public health agencies, and experts in the field.”...“This malicious content was seeded into public media in China, and within hours it was rapidly distributed by social media users who believed these narratives and then amplified them...Notably, many of those conspiracy sites are home-grown U.S. disinformation sites that were created for their creators’ own political agendas.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinesepropaganda; conspiracytheories; coronavirus; specialinterests
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To: zeestephen
"At least 80% of COVID-19 fatalities have a co-morbidity like pneumonia, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, obesity, dementia, or COPD."

That is generally true, with obesity and diabetes being the most common, especially among younger people. Quite a few obese young people were recently in intensive care in Louisiana. Lingering disabilities are a concern with COVID-19. Many recoveries are taking a long time, so we might see more economic concern with that than fatalities in the near future.

41 posted on 04/09/2020 2:34:21 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: PA Engineer

dang straight skippy


42 posted on 04/10/2020 3:52:44 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety (9)
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