The Infodemic: Is COVID-19 Only Dangerous for Older People? | Voice of America - English
Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm.
COVID-19 is only dangerous for older people. False The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing 47% of all COVID-19 hospitalizations were for those aged 20 to 54. The US constructed the virus; the Pentagon did it; the ruling elites... On the one hand, pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets claim that the outbreak is a . On the other, they indulge apocalyptic scenarios, suggesting that due to the pandemic the , , the , the , , and . The entire project of “globalization” ! The coronavirus is the EU’s . But then the whiplash comes again: The virus is . It can be , what’s the problem? False UK deaths from the disease are now unlikely to exceed 20,000, [Imperial College London epidemiologist Neil Ferguson] said, and could be much lower. -- NewScientist (UK), March 25 The spread of the coronavirus has the potential to hit many of the nation’s nearly 60 million Latinos particularly hard. -- Pew Research Center, March 24