
According to London’s FT, Freemasons, Norwegian salmon and even Bill Gates have been blamed for an upsurge in coronavirus cases in China.

In an interview with London’s Telegraph nwspaper, the former head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, cited an “important” scientific report that suggested that COVID-19 had not emerged naturally, but had been created by Chinese scientists. Likewise, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has argued that there’s “enormous evidence” that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory.

I read it said that, “We are all prone to believing information when it is repeated, easy to process and when it aligns with our prior attitudes and world views.”

Almost half of the British population believes that COVID-19 (often referred to on the street as Chinese Corona) is man-made. According to the UK’s Independent newspaper, research suggested that many in the UK think Covid-19 is wither a Chinese ‘weapon’ the creation of those seeking to bring about a “New World Order”. . .
To wear or not to wear
According to Dahlia Lithwick of Slate, “refusing to wear a mask is a uniquely American pathology.”
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The rise of fear and misinformation around COVID-19 has allowed promoters of malicious matter and hate to engage with mainstream audiences around a common topic of interest, and potentially push them toward hateful views.
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— Professor Neil Johnson (2020)
We Live To Die
Diatribe
— A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.
— “Billy began his diatribe against Big Brother.”
— Castigation / obloquy / tongue-lashing / vituperation /
You see, well maybe you don’t but, clearly now, I do. It is all to do with the controversy over corona. One could launch and embark upon a (philippic) tirade. One could set sail and set forth a (monotonous) monologue. I have ruminated (long & hard) & now have more than a little desire to fulminate. Why? well because of all that’s going on, what it portends to and what’s at stake. Losing one’s religion, becoming faithless ain’t no run-of-the-mill thing.
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