Compiling a list of the official misinformation from press & state.
- Flu is more serious
- Travel bans are overreacting
- Only Wuhan visitors at risk
- Avoiding handshakes is paranoid
- Virus is contained
- Tests are available
- Masks don't help
What else?
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Official misinformation appears to be international, across Western countries at least. Would appreciate more examples from Spain, Italy, etc before they get memory holed.
We need to document this because the folks that failed are now pushing censorship.
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#Spain 38 days ago February 14, 2020 Director of the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health. said;
"In Spain we do not have COVID-19" and "the population must understand that there is no risk ..”
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Here is another example. Of course, NYC cases & deaths are now going vertical.
A number of journalists and public health officials across the West were all singing from the same hymnal in February: it’s just a scare, let’s have a parade.
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In powerful show of defiance of #coronavirus scare, huge crowds gathering in NYC's Chinatown for ceremony ahead of annual #LunarNewYear parade. Chants of "be strong Wuhan!"
If you are staying away, you are missing out!
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