DISINFO: Coronavirus linked to American biolaboratory
SUMMARY
Based on how the satellites of the United States of America are silent, how the United States itself is silent, we can draw only one conclusion: it is quite obvious that this is due to the fact that they had some kind of leak in those laboratories that were taken and created all over the world. Obviously the virus was found in Wuhan. But again, whose laboratory is in Wuhan? American.
Most likely, in parallel, work is underway to simulate the virus, and this is done by the United States of America. If this research is not stopped, the world will be hostage to new situations. Laboratories in Georgia and Eastern Europe must be taken under control.
RESPONSE
The article rests on a disinformation narrative based on two conspiracy theories: that there are secret biological laboratories run by the US around the world and that COVID-19 was supposedly created by the West in these laboratories for nefarious purposes.
Pro-Kremlin media have been spreading conspiracy theories about supposed US secret laboratories for years, claiming they are part of a biological and chemical attack against Russia and other countries. Laboratories in Ukraine and Georgia, which take in international cooperation efforts with the US for tackling biological threats, are frequently targeted by Kremlin-controlled media in this context. As evidenced in the database, no evidence exists to support the Kremlin’s allegations, which have been repeatedly debunked by independent fact-checkers and experts who have visited the sites in question and found nothing suspicious. In fact, many of the labs in question are actively engaged in fighting dangerous diseases and viruses, including COVID-19.
The claim that the coronavirus disease is manmade has been repeatedly debunked by numerous fact-checkers and medical experts, meaning there is no possibility that the disease originates from a biological laboratory. The overwhelming consensus among experts is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus has natural origins. The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) comes from a family of viruses that includes other viruses such as SARS and MERS.
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