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Disinfo: Big Pharma profits from coronavirus panic

Summary

Who benefits from the panic around the new type of Corona virus? The situation is under control, and there is now cause for worrying. In the early 2000s, around 100 billion USD was spent to “contain the spread” of the SARS-Co virus. In 18 years, around 700 people have died from it – just as many who dies from a usual influenza. In this case, the big pharmaceutical companies could profit largely. Why this panic? The answer is the classical: “who benefits from it?”

Disproof

An unfounded conspiracy theory. Pro-Kremlin media occasionally attempt to feed into narratives on the pharmaceutical industry, suggesting evil play behind vaccines, pharmaceutical research facilities etc.

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Tsargrad TV (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 181
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27/01/2020
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: China
  • Keywords: Conspiracy theory, vaccination

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