Coronavirus

Fake News Sites Told You Distrusting China Over Coronavirus Was ‘Dangerous’

Here is a timely reminder of the scores of fake news outlets that dismissed questions as ‘baseless conspiracy theories’.

Published

1 year ago

16 April, 2020

Steve Watson

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Now that numerous virology experts are on record as saying it cannot be dismissed, and multiple government and intelligence sources have confirmed that investigations are underway into the possibility that the coronavirus leaked from an unsafe Wuhan bio-lab and China lied about the true scale of the outbreak, here is a timely reminder of the scores of fake news outlets that for weeks and months dismissed both notions as ‘baseless conspiracy theories’.

Now that multiple sources are confirming coronavirus came out of the Wuhan lab, it's time to compile a list of mainstream media outlets who repeatedly for weeks said it was a 'dangerous fake news conspiracy theory' to even suggest this.

Wrong again.

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 16, 2020

Remember, these sources (this is only a small selection of what is out there), to a varying degree in their dismissals, effectively bolstered Chinese state media and government insistences that questions over the safety of the lab were ‘dangerous’.

The Guardian STILL says it’s a conspiracy theory.
Vox – The conspiracy theories about the origins of the coronavirus, debunked – Mar 12
Reuters – China lab says conspiracy theories hurting efforts to curb virus – Feb 20
The Telegraph – Coronavirus myths, scams and conspiracy theories that have gone viral (Point 8: Coronavirus was leaked from a high security lab in Wuhan and China is trying to cover it up) – Mar 29
USA Today – Fact check: Did the coronavirus originate in a Chinese laboratory? – Mar 22
The Scientist – Theory that Coronavirus Escaped from a Lab Lacks Evidence – Mar 5
Politifact – Fact-checking hoaxes and conspiracies about the coronavirus – Jan 24
FactCheck.org – Baseless Conspiracy Theories Claim New Coronavirus Was Bioengineered – Feb 7
The Independent – Coronavirus: From a Chinese lab to eating garlic, the Covid-19 conspiracy theories Britons believe – Mar 30
Vice – The Coronavirus Is an Exciting Opportunity for Conspiracy Theorists – Jan 28
Buzzfeed – Struggling for attention, Italy’s former deputy prime minister and others are sharing false claims the virus was engineered in a Chinese lab – Mar 26
Business Insider – Sen. Tom Cotton keeps airing a long-debunked theory that the deadly coronavirus is a Chinese biological weapon that was leaked from a government lab in Wuhan – Feb 17
The Daily Wire – Report Promotes Debunked Theory That Coronavirus Comes From Chinese Lab – Feb 2
Vanity Fair – Inside the Viral Spread of a Coronavirus Origin Theory – April 10
Forbes – No, COVID-19 Coronavirus Was Not Bioengineered. Here’s The Research That Debunks That Idea – Mar 17
The New York Times – Why Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Flourish. And Why It Matters – April 8
Wired – Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Are a Public Health Hazard – Mar 27
Snopes – The Origins and Scientific Failings of the COVID-19 ‘Bioweapon’ Conspiracy Theory – April 1
BBC – China coronavirus: Misinformation spreads online about origin and scale – Jan 30

Coronavirus

Australia Has Fallen

Something is rotten down under.

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10 hours ago

2 August, 2021

Paul Joseph Watson

When the Communist Chinese express surprise at your level of authoritarianism, you’ve officially crossed the rubicon.

Australia is now a post-democratic country.

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Congressional Report Questions “Unusual” Activity At Wuhan Lab Involving “Air Disinfection, Hazardous Waste Systems”

The lab looked into renovating key safety systems just two years after becoming operational, but it is unclear if any work was carried out

Published

19 hours ago

2 August, 2021

Steve Watson

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A new Congressional report into the origins of COVID-19 points to “unusual” activity at the Wuhan National Biosafety Lab involving air disinfection and hazardous waste systems, prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The report by Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, obtained by Fox News, highlights how the lab in Wuhan requested bids for ‘major renovations’ to air safety and waste treatment systems in the facilities, just two years after they became operational.

The report notes that “Such a significant renovation so soon after the facility began operation appears unusual,” and that it “raise[s] questions about how well these systems were functioning in the months prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.”

The report notes that it is unknown if any renovation work was ever carried out.

The findings will be presented in Congress this week where the Republicans will make the case that “the preponderance of evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 was accidentally released from a Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory.”

Republicans will also present further evidence that the virus was genetically manipulated in the lab, according to the report.

The Republicans have built a case around a timeline that indicates the virus escaped the lab “sometime prior to September 12, 2019.”

At this time there is a record of activity such as the WIV’s viral sequence database disappearing from the internet, and the institute ramping up security.

The report notes that after lab workers became sick in November 2019 Major General Chen Wei, an expert in biology and chemical weapon defenses, took control of the Wuhan Institute’s biosafety level-4 lab.

The report suggests that this shows the Communist government “was concerned about the activity happening there as news of the virus was spreading.”

“If she took control in 2019, it would mean the CCP knew about the virus earlier, and that the outbreak began earlier,” the report states.

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Video: WH Deputy Press Secretary Says Americans Must Follow CDC Orders ‘Because The Experts Say So’

Has literally no idea when asked how CDC is testing for the so called Delta variant

Published

19 hours ago

2 August, 2021

Steve Watson

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With the CDC announcing a mask mandate reversal and the endless doom mongering over the dreaded Delta variant, Americans have a lot of questions, yet the answer to all of them seems to simply be ‘do as you’re told because we say so’.

This was in evidence again on Friday when after the announcement that even vaccinated people can still get and transmit the Delta variant, Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson asked the White House Principal Deputy Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre what exactly the CDC is doing to test for this.

Jean-Pierre had no idea and didn’t even bother to suggest she would try to find out.

The Biden Administration is unable to provide any proof that Delta variant is real and White House Deputy Press Secretary @KJP46 just admitted in a press briefing that she has no idea if there's even a test for it!
— Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) July 30, 2021

She claimed she didn’t even know why anyone would ask how the CDC tests for the Delta variant or why they would bother to explain the process.

Robinson pointed out that the only answers Americans are being given is “because they say so,” to which the Deputy Press Secretary answered “because they are the experts.”

.@EmeraldRobinson asked @KJP46 how the CDC is testing for the Delta variant and she completely falls apart and says it’s because “the experts” say so. pic.twitter.com/C9HKrsJGpj
— Amy Tarkanian (@MrsT106) July 30, 2021

As we noted last week, Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s answer to the question “If vaccines work, then why do people who have the vaccine now need to wear masks?” was essentially ‘because we say so’.

After admitting that he is seeking to determine whether he can mandate vaccines for all Americans, Joe Biden lost it with reporter Peter Doocy, who again dared to ask for an explanation on the flip-flop on masks.

Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, are literally repeating the stock phrase ‘it’s science’ over and over without explaining any of the method behind it, because they literally have no idea what it is.

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