As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. “It seemed to me that obviously, this came out of the Wuhan BSL 4,” Mr. Boyle told The Associated Press, dismissing the accepted explanation that the virus emerged from the Wuhan market as “completely preposterous.” A World Heath Organisation team concluded it was extremely unlikely the …
As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. That same day, he was interviewed on a podcast called “Geopolitics and Empire.” That podcast was cited by a little-known Indian website, GreatGameIndia, and went viral, with Boyle’s comments picked up and featured in Iranian-state TV, Russian state media, and fringe websites in the U.S. and …
Investigation identifies people and groups behind some of the most viral misinformation about the origins of the coronavirus. The centre’s website “has become deeply enmeshed in Russia’s broader disinformation and propaganda ecosystem” by peddling anti-US conspiracy theories, according to a 2020 US Department of State report that found seven of its supposed writers do not even exist but were created …
