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Financial market website Zero Hedge knocked off Twitter over coronavirus story

by parvenu74 on 2/3/20, 1:15 AM with 1 comments

  • by tim333 on 2/3/20, 3:22 AM

    Sounds like they deserved it:

    >On Wednesday, far-right news site Zero Hedge claimed without evidence that a scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology created the strain of the virus that has led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency. The outbreak has grown to more than 9,776 cases, with 118 outside of China. The coronavirus has killed 213 people, all in China.

    >It concludes, “if anyone wants to find out what really caused the coronavirus pandemic that has infected thousands of people in China and around the globe, they should probably pay [the Chinese scientist] a visit.” It also lists their email address and a phone number.