The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in online speculation about its origins, with conspiracy theories and political extremism being the main drivers. Trump accused Democrats of “politicizing” the disease during a campaign rally, claiming that the outbreak was “their new hoax”. A conspiracy theory video suggesting that the pandemic was planned received national attention in early May. Most Americans have heard of a conspiracy theory that alleges powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak.
The September 2020 American Perspectives Survey tests existing conspiracy theories about politics and misconceptions about public health. Online speculation about the origins of COVID-19 is soaring after a new report from the Energy Department concluding that the coronavirus that caused the disease leaked from a China lab. As the coronavirus has spread across the United States, so has rampant misinformation about the illness.
Faux cures and untested treatments have populated social media and political discourse. After three months of news and information, 64 of U.S. adults say the CDC mostly gets the facts about the outbreak right, while 30 say the same about President Trump and his administration. The spread of the virus has also led to rampant misinformation about the illness, with efforts to contain it in the U.S. being hampered by various factors.
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In May 2018, the Trump administration axed the executive branch team responsible for coordinating a response to a pandemic and did not replace it. Trump also cut funding for the CDC, forcing the CDC to cancel its efforts to help countries prevent infectious-disease threats from becoming epidemics in 39 of 49 countries in 2018. Among the countries abandoned? China.” That was confirmed in 2018 reports saying that funding for the CDC’s global disease outbreak prevention efforts were cut by 80%, which included the agency’s efforts in China@
Actors are sometimes very good at story telling, but regrettably many are miserable failures in the common sense department. perusal Robert De Niro making his disgusting mockingly offensive remarks about the President of the United States, Donald T. Trump, at the Tony Awards, brings one to the shocking realisation that De Niro is just another John Wilkes Booth in disguise, wanting to be seen as a big man. He’s certainly not a Charlton Heston or Jon Vought. Both Booth and De Niro are on the same page. And to get that in perspective you’ve got to realise that if De Niro had of been from the South in 1865 he would have shot President Lincoln. That’s what we are dealing with here. Was Booth mad? No not frothing at the mouth crazy but he was mad alright even though the people cheered him on. Is Robert mad? Yes sadly he is. But so was the great late actor John Wilkes Booth. Let’s not forget that many in the South were pleased when Lincoln got shot. It cheered them up. And all those people cheering De Niro at the Tony Awards are just like the people in the South who cheered when Lincoln got shot. Seeing them cheering De Niro at the Tony Awards was such a pitiful sight. One of great a sadness. Such a shocking display. So incredibly un American.
It was the CDC that wouldn’t send test kits out or they didn’t have enough or they didn’t have accurate test kits…. Not testing early is why this spread, along with self quarantine in places that can’t contain the spread. I wonder if any of these self quarantined people in California lived in appartments because this spread pretty quickly in apartment complexes in China.