Finance blog Zero Hedge was banned from Twitter after it doxxed a Chinese scientist and claimed they created the Wuhan coronavirus
Financial blog Zero Hedge had its Twitter account permanently suspended on Friday after it published an article doxxing a Chinese scientist, and claiming that they created the deadly Wuhan coronavirus.
"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 scientist's name] a visit." "The account was permanently suspended for violating our platform manipulation policy," a spokesperson for Twitter said in a statement to BuzzFeed.Below is a short extract from the Zero Hedge story:
The story from Zero Hedge provides no specific evidence that the lab is responsible for the virus' spread, beyond citing a Chinese language press release that says the scientist is currently studying why bats which carry the coronavirus don't get sick.Buzzfeed's story notes that "studying a form of a virus strain found in animals is a standard way to make vaccines, whether for the flu or polio.
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