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Disinfo: EU has failed in Greece, Spain and abandoned Italy

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The European Union failed to solve the economic crises of Greece, Italy, and Spain.

The European Union left Italy mired in the Coronavirus pandemic and did not provide Italy with any relief.

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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the coronavirus and the EU.

The European Union is supporting the Member States in addressing the crisis, and mitigating the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To cushion the blow to people’s livelihoods and the economy, the European Commission has adopted a comprehensive economic response to the outbreak, applied the full flexibility of the EU fiscal rules, has revised its State Aid rules and proposed to set up a EUR 37 billion Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative to provide liquidity to small businesses and the health care sector.

To support scientific research into the COVID-19, the European Commission earmarked 47,5 million EUR for shortlisted research projects that can improve epidemiology and public health, including preparedness and response to outbreaks.

The EU has also created first ever stockpile of medical equipment.

Read more about the EU's response here and here.

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  • Reported in: Issue 191
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 01/04/2020
  • Language/target audience: Arabic
  • Country: Greece, Italy, Spain
  • Keywords: coronavirus, European Union
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Covid-19 vaccines will lead to Full Spectrum Dominance by the Deep Dark State

Vaccine production is promoted for an important political agenda for a New World Order. A plan has been on the drawing board for the last few years, dictated by the obscure clan, or “Deep Dark State”, and designed by its minions, who expect to be generously rewarded in one way or another. The forced coronavirus quarantine creates fear and anxiety, frustration and anger, which are bad for health and reduce the immune system. Exactly what the people in charge want. The fear factor is the key. The time will come when people will literally scream for help. They want police and military state to protect them and to be vaccinated. The vaccination cocktail could serve to reduce fertility or cause long-term neurological defects that can even be passed on to next generations. But people don’t care nor do they want to know that along with the vaccine could be a nano-chip injected that will contain all their personal data, from health records to bank accounts, and can be electronically remote-controlled. The universal vaccination and electronic ID go together and will first be tested in a few developing countries, like Bangladesh. This will eventually lead to Full Spectrum Dominance.

Mar 31, 2020
Disproof

Conspiracy theory, with no evidence provided to support any of the claims. This is part of Russia’s disinformation campaign on coronavirus, well documented by both media and governments. Some elements of this campaign were widely reported by Russian and international publications and by the European External Action Service. It is also mixed with a long-established false narrative about a Shadow Government of all-powerful groups ruling the world. This narrative aims to question the legitimacy of democracy and Western institutions. EUvsDisinfo database has a long set of Kremlin-linked disinformation cases on coronavirus, such as claims that Bill Gates and George Soros are sponsoring the Wuhan coronavirus, that it is a UK, US or NATO creation and Americans have its cure, that it is an artificial disease which specifically targets Chinese DNA, that it is a pretext to gain control of the world’s population, that it was created with economic goals while big pharma companies are spreading panic for their own profits, that it is a biological weapon against Russia and China, that it will wipe out Ukraine’s population in a few days or that it was predicted by Nostradamus and others.

COVID-19 originates from Chinese laboratory in Wuhan

Chinese scientists fear that the new coronavirus could actually originate from a laboratory 300 metres away from the market in Wuhan, as research on infected bats was carried out in this laboratory.

Mar 31, 2020
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A recurring conspiracy theory that echoes pro-Kremlin disinformation about the artificial creation of COVID-19. There is no evidence that the coronavirus (COVID-19) was created in laboratories. COVID-19 comes from a family of viruses that include the common cold and viruses such as SARS and MERS. Coronaviruses are known to circulate in mammals and birds, and scientists have already suggested that COVID-19 originally came from bats. One of the previous coronaviruses that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, spread from bats to civet cats to humans. A group of 27 prominent public health scientists have condemned rumours and conspiracy theories about the origin of the coronavirus outbreak: "We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin." The authors of The Lancet statement note that scientists from several countries who have studied SARS-CoV-2, “overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife," just like many other viruses that have recently emerged in humans. "Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumours and prejudice that jeopardise our global collaboration in the fight against this virus," the statement says.

Traditional medicine can heal COVID-19, but corporate-controlled internet asserts the contrary

China managed to control the pandemic without a vaccine but using common sense, traditional and low-cost medicine. But if one looks for any of these alternative cures on the internet, controlled by Google and the big Corporatocracy, including pharma producers, they will advise you not to use them. At best they will tell you that these products or methods have not proven effective, and at worst, that they may be harmful. It’s not true, none of these products or methods are harmful and some of them have been used as natural remedies for thousands of years.

Mar 31, 2020
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Conspiracy theory, with no evidence provided to support any of the claims. This is part of the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign around the coronavirus, and specifically its efforts to spread false or misleading health information related to COVID-19, its prevention, and its treatment. See similar false claims like that COVID-19 can be cured with saline solution, that treatment for COVID-19 will lead to forced vaccination, that handwashing is useless for preventing the spread of the virus, and that we have "nothing to lose" by making hydroxychloroquine publicly available without testing. False and misleading health claims are the most dangerous and irresponsible aspect of coronavirus-related disinformation, as they can have a direct impact on people’s health and even their lives. According to the World Health Organisation, “no pharmaceutical products have yet been shown to be safe and effective for the treatment of COVID-19.” In a statement, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “We call on individuals and countries to refrain from using therapeutics that have not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19. The history of medicine is strewn with examples of drugs that worked on paper, or in a test tube, but didn't work in humans or were actually harmful. We must follow the evidence. There are no short-cuts.” On 20 March, the WHO announced a major global trial called SOLIDARITY to test four potential treatments for COVID-19. The SOLIDARITY trial will involve 45 countries and is designed to “dramatically cut the time needed to generate robust evidence about what drugs work.” See the WHO’s mythbusting page about false COVID-19 health advice for more information. The EUvsDisinfo database has a long set of Kremlin-linked disinformation cases on this subject, such as claims that Bill Gates and George Soros are sponsoring the Wuhan coronavirus, that it is a UK, US or NATO creation and Americans have its cure, that it is an artificial disease which specifically targets Chinese DNA, that it is a pretext to gain control of the world’s population, that it was created with economic goals while big pharma companies are spreading panic for their own profits, that it is a biological weapon against Russia and China, that it will wipe out Ukraine’s population in a few days or that it was predicted by Nostradamus and others.