Thread by @Maq_one, You'd think in the face of #COVID19Pandemic , which has taken more [...]

You'd think in the face of #COVID19Pandemic , which has taken more than 50,000 lives in over 200 countries, people would pull together.

Sadly, it has only united some Indians in anti-Muslim bigotry.

Thanks to @AltNews some of these false claims have been. Thread.

An old video shared with the bogus claim that a Muslim man was intentionally spitting in food to infect people with #COVID19Pandemic . https://www.altnews.in/old-video-falsely-viral-as-muslim-man-spitting-on-food-at-indian-restaurant-in-the-backdrop-of-coronavirus-pandemic/

Old video falsely viral as Muslim man spitting on food at Indian restaurant in the backdrop of...

A 45-second video of an employee at a restaurant packing food has been shared with the claim that a Muslim man is spitting on the food before delivering it to customers. On March 21, Mahesh Vikram...

https://www.altnews.in/old-video-falsely-viral-as-muslim-man-spitting-on-food-at-indian-restaurant-in-the-backdrop-of-coronavirus-pandemic/

An old video of a sect called Bohris licking spoons so as to "not waste even a little food" being peddled as Muslims licking spoons to purposefully and maliciously spread the #COVID19Pandemic . https://www.altnews.in/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-muslims-licking-utensils-to-spread-coronavirus-infection/

A video where a group of Muslim men are licking utensils and cutlery is floating across social media platforms and messaging applications. It is being claimed that they intend to spread the coronav...

https://www.altnews.in/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-muslims-licking-utensils-to-spread-coronavirus-infection/

Note that the tweet accompanying the video is dated 30 July, 2018, which is over two years before the #COVID19Pandemic .

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