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"The relevant statements are complete nonsense and not worth refuting."
It must be so nice to play for Team China, right now. Internationally, that is. Everyone needs your kit, your adversaries are fucking shit up even without you helping them, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/politics/coronavirus-china-disinformation.html
It must be so nice to play for Team China, right now. Internationally, that is. Everyone needs your kit, your adversaries are fucking shit up even without you helping them, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/politics/coronavirus-china-disinformation.html
"Some American intelligence officers are especially concerned about disinformation aimed at Europeans that pro-China actors appear to have helped spread."
Like, really? Pointing out that Europe isn't exactly unified isn't disinformation, and neither is boasting about donations.
Like, really? Pointing out that Europe isn't exactly unified isn't disinformation, and neither is boasting about donations.
Because the fact of the matter is that China is flying planes full of PPE through the massive holes we left in our disaster preparedness. Holes that we're trying to blame China for, even though they're entirely of our own making.
I mean, it's the American playbook?
I mean, it's the American playbook?
Like, what do you think Western aid is about, exactly? Why the US has been the largest donor to the WHO, until now? Why American brands get to piggyback on US foreign policy? The dollar?
I mean ... you mad when it's used against you? ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/sindarina/status/588109059112435712
I mean ... you mad when it's used against you? ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/sindarina/status/588109059112435712
It's basically the same bullshit as 'Russian influence', in that they are taking advantage, but of WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. No one but us made us look like fools, and the game that's being played here is one of misdirection, of trying to distract the populace from those mistakes.
TL:DR; we didn't need China to let things get this fucked. We did that ourselves, and we're still doing it, being utterly dishonest about how we got here 
https://twitter.com/sindarina/status/1250372977868394498
https://twitter.com/sindarina/status/1250372977868394498
And the thing that annoys me most of all about all this is that it makes me sound like I am defending China's conduct somehow, which ... urgh.
There's plenty to shine a light on, there, and the regime sure as heck didn't do themselves any favours early on.
But this? This is US.
There's plenty to shine a light on, there, and the regime sure as heck didn't do themselves any favours early on.
But this? This is US.
I mean, when you have a US president who suggests that drinking disinfectant 'might be interesting', perhaps you have bigger problems than 'Chinese interference' 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/trump-coronavirus-treatment-disinfectant
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/trump-coronavirus-treatment-disinfectant
"The results are stark: greater exposure to Sean Hannity versus Tucker Carlson shows a measurable increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths throughout March and early April."
Who needs spies sending fake SMS messages when this is your news? https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/fox-news-hosts-have-measurable-effect-on-covid-cases-study-finds/
Who needs spies sending fake SMS messages when this is your news?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/fox-news-hosts-have-measurable-effect-on-covid-cases-study-finds/
"Americans are poisoning themselves while trying to kill the coronavirus"
I mean, we point and laugh when we hear these things, but people are literally killing themselves in the US, based on what their president and news tells them. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/americans-are-poisoning-themselves-while-trying-to-kill-the-coronavirus/
I mean, we point and laugh when we hear these things, but people are literally killing themselves in the US, based on what their president and news tells them. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/americans-are-poisoning-themselves-while-trying-to-kill-the-coronavirus/
"The man's wife told NBC News she'd watched televised briefings during which President Trump talked about the potential benefits of chloroquine."
Someone literally died because they drank fish tank cleaner after watching Trump talk about chloroquine. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/man-dies-after-ingesting-chloroquine-attempt-prevent-coronavirus-n1167166
Someone literally died because they drank fish tank cleaner after watching Trump talk about chloroquine. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/man-dies-after-ingesting-chloroquine-attempt-prevent-coronavirus-n1167166
Which isn't a new thing either, when it comes to Americans touting 'miracle cures'. They even export this nonsense, such as this pastor claiming that bleach will cure HIV and whatnot; https://twitter.com/sindarina/status/1129663926172639235
Also, for every US leftie that Hillary would've been worse, or that Biden will be; see the above, and fuck you 
We're all living in AmerikaAmerika ist wunderbar
We're all living in Amerika
Amerika, Amerika
"The makers of Lysol, the Washington State Emergency Management Division, and the EPA all scrambled to do damage control after President Trump appeared to suggest injecting people with disinfectants could be a possible cure for COVID-19."
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/24/21234279/lysol-poison-health-experts-trump-injections-epa-coronavirus
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/24/21234279/lysol-poison-health-experts-trump-injections-epa-coronavirus
"Donald Trump is reported to owe tens of millions of dollars to China, through a real estate debt which falls due in 2022, offering 'astonishing leverage' to Beijing."
I mean ... how many examples do you need, exactly? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/24/donald-trump-bank-of-china-debt-report
I mean ... how many examples do you need, exactly? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/24/donald-trump-bank-of-china-debt-report
"A few days after Grenon dispatched his letter, Trump went on national TV at his daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on Thursday and promoted the idea that disinfectant could be used as a treatment for the virus."
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus
This is the same week as Pompeo bloviating about China's supposed mishandling of this crisis, while also demanding supplies according to "contractual and international obligations". Like funding the WHO, you mean?
Clowns. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo-idUSKCN2242G9
Clowns. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo-idUSKCN2242G9
"White House adviser Peter Navarro, like Pompeo a persistent critic of Beijing, charged on Monday that China may be withholding data about early coronavirus infections because it wants to win the commercial race to create a vaccine."
Uh-huh. That's why Trump tried to buy one?
Uh-huh. That's why Trump tried to buy one?
"The Trump administration has offered a German medical company 'large sums of money' for exclusive access to a Covid-19 vaccine, German media have reported."
I mean, in case you missed this last month; Trump tried to buy it for use in the US only. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/15/trump-offers-large-sums-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine
I mean, in case you missed this last month; Trump tried to buy it for use in the US only. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/15/trump-offers-large-sums-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine
"China pressured EU to drop COVID disinformation criticism: sources"
I mean, sure. And then you look at what kind of disinformation this would actually be, and you find that you're firmly within conspiracy theory territory. Like 5G, chips in vaccines &c. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-china/china-pressured-eu-to-drop-covid-disinformation-criticism-sources-idUSKCN227030
I mean, sure. And then you look at what kind of disinformation this would actually be, and you find that you're firmly within conspiracy theory territory. Like 5G, chips in vaccines &c. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-china/china-pressured-eu-to-drop-covid-disinformation-criticism-sources-idUSKCN227030
"FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask buys food at a street stall, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Beijing, China, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo"
That's literally the caption for that photo in the preview. I mean ... COME ON.
That's literally the caption for that photo in the preview. I mean ... COME ON.
You want to bitch about Russian and Chinese disinfo operations while Western governments are ranting about 'wet markets' being the cause, i.e. the lack of cleanliness in foreign countries, and you put up a photo of a street market that has nothing to do with it?
NARRATIVE, FFS.
NARRATIVE, FFS.
See also this thread; https://twitter.com/sindarina/status/1246175137407385602
