Coronavirus lies pushed by China to blame virus on U.S. bioweapon – Washington Times
China, Russia and Iran are flooding the global information space with false claims about the new coronavirus, according to U.S. officials, who say one of the biggest lies that the virus that causes COVID-19 is a U.S. bioweapon and was brought to China by U.S. Army personnel is just the latest in a surge of propaganda aimed at undermining America s image on the world stage.
Beijing, Moscow and Tehran are using a vast web of social media accounts, fake news outlets and state-controlled global satellite media to promote false claims by academics and, at times, government officials to blame Washington for the crisis now gripping most of humanity.
The head of a key State Department counterdisinformation office said U.S. officials are ramping up their own efforts to counter lies about the new coronavirus that were first seeded by Russia in January and that China is now pushing in a bid to make Beijing appear as a superior global power to the United States.
This feels like a reversion to the pre-WWI world.