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Disinfo: In the next 10-15 years, more that 80% of humanity could die from COVID-19

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In the next 10-15 years, more than 80% of humanity could die from coronavirus, except very isolated wild tribes. According to one version, not yet fully proven, only 17% of the world’s population develops long-term immunity to coronavirus. Everyone else will be sick and sick once again until they die. Such prospect for humanity was reported by The Guardian, citing a study by scientists from King’s College London.

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Conspiracy theory about the 2019-nCoV coronavirus.

Misleading information in the article. There were no such statements in The Guardian article and the study that was mentioned there.

In the study that was mentioned, scientists analysed the immune response of more than 90 patients and healthcare workers at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust and found that the levels of antibodies that are able to destroy the virus peaked about three weeks after the onset of symptoms, then swiftly declined.

The study has implications for the development of a vaccine and for the pursuit of “herd immunity” in the community over time, The Guardian claimed.

You can see other narratives about COVID-19 in our database, such as claims that Bill Gates and George Soros are sponsoring the coronavirus, that it is a UK, US or NATO creation and that the Americans have the cure, that it is an artificial disease which specifically targets Chinese DNA, that it was created with economic goals while big pharma companies are spreading panic for their own profit, 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.

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Moskovskij Komsomolets (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 205
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 13/07/2020
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: EU, UK
  • Keywords: coronavirus, The Guardian

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Allegations about Kiselyov-controlled RT, Russia’s implication in Skripal poisoning and MH17 downing work only for anti-Russian audiences

Lithuania has banned the broadcasting of five RT TV channels on its territory, following Latvia’s analogous decision. The decision claims that RT is controlled by Dmitry Kiselyov, whereas, in reality, RT has nothing to do with news agency Rossiya Segodnia chaired by him.

Allegations about Kiselyov-controlled RT, Skripal poisoned by Vladimir Putin and MH17 downing by Kremlin are fine for anti-Russian audiences. The West increasingly sees no reason to waste its resources on Russia and the forces that sympathize with Russia, apparently considering it as hopeless to persuade and attract them on its side.

This sloppy approach was the product of West’s monopoly in information, political, and ideological spheres. It is because of this monopoly that at a certain stage the West ceased to consider it necessary to rigorously and professionally elaborate its policies on a general level, but also in what concerns its competitors. As a result, the West did not notice how it lost the monopoly because of the loss of competences.

July 14, 2020
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This message questions Dmitry Kiselyov's relation to RT and presents RT broadcasting bans in Latvia and Lithuania, Skripal poisoning, and MH17 downing as West's anti-Russian provocations to influence public opinion. It is consistent with the recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about West's deliberate anti-Russian activities. In fact, the Skripal case, and the downing of MH17 are well-documented cases of acts of Kremlin-enabled violence outside Russia.

Latvia and Lithuania have banned the state-owned Russian television channel RT, saying it is controlled by an individual, Dmitriy Kiselyov, who is under EU sanctions. According to the Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP), Latvia's national media watchdog, RT and the network of channels operated by it are under Kiselyov's "effective control".

Anglo-Saxons are at the edge of anti-Russian attack, Germany is semi-occupied by the US

Some time ago the West created media in their contemporary understanding. Since then the freedom of speech and the free spread of information have turned into one of the West’s trump cards in its struggle against ideological and geopolitical opponents.

Anglo-Saxons remain at the edge of anti-Russian attack, they are its driving force. At the same time lately, Anglo-Saxons have been losing the support of their closet allies who prefer a more neutral approach to Russophobia. Currently, anti-Russian positions of leading German media run counter to the politics of German ruling establishment, which defends common projects with Russia and tries to get rid of the half-occupational dependency on the US. Extreme subordination and unequivocal loyalty of key German media outlets to Washington remain.

July 14, 2020
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This is a mix of recurring pro-Kremlin propaganda narratives about lost sovereignty / external control, Western Russophobia and anti-Russian activities, and conspiracy about US-controlled media in Europe. In the pro-Kremlin media, the term “Anglo-Saxons” means “evil”, “belligerent” and “morally corrupt” Westerners, as explained in our earlier analysis.

German media, like that in other pluralist democracies, represent a wide range of political opinions and do not have a single editorial policy for any country or topic. Nor they subordinate to Washington or any other foreign capital. Germany ranked 11th in the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, higher than the US (45th) and Russia (149th).

There is no need for international organisations, WHO are criminals

International organisations are ineffective and do not solve any problems. In general, humanity has lived most of its history without international organisations. Today, WHO proves to be a criminal organisation that, in the best case, needs to be dissolved and, in the worst case, an international process should be organised against it. This is because they hid the situation in China for a long time and promoted this pandemic to such a scale with the help of the media, although in reality there is no pandemic.

July 14, 2020
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A pro-Kremlin narratives about WHO, COVID-19 and about the alleged uselessness of international organisations. One of the hosts of the TV show attempted to challenge the claim.

International organisations serve many diverse functions, including collecting information and monitoring trends (e.g. the World Meteorological Organization), delivering services and aid (e.g. the World Health Organization), and providing forums for bargaining (e.g. the European Union) and settling disputes (e.g. the World Trade Organization). By providing political institutions through which states can work together to achieve common objectives, international organisations can help to foster cooperative behaviour.