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COVID-19 is a new zoonotic disease, so no population has yet had the time to develop population immunity. [medical citation needed] Beginning in February 2020, reports quickly spread via Facebook, implied that a Cameroonian student in China had been completely cured of the virus due to his African genetics.
The blame for the failure to report cases of COVID-19 at the onset is unclear because of the difficulty pinpointing it as a failure by either local or national officials. [18] The Associated Press reported that, "increasing political repression has made officials more hesitant to report cases without a clear green light from the top."
The Chinese government has actively engaged in disinformation to downplay the emergence of COVID-19 in China and manipulate information about its spread around the world. [1] [2] The government also detained whistleblowers and journalists claiming they were spreading rumors when they were publicly raising concerns about people being hospitalized for a "mysterious illness" resembling SARS.
February 2020. Feb. 10: Worldwide deaths from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus exceeded 1,000, topping the number killed by the 2002-2003 outbreak of SARS.
COVID-19 emerged during Trump's presidency, having first been reported on December 31, 2019. [45] The test was designed in 2020 by the Centers for Disease Control under the Trump administration. [ 46 ]
A new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate finds that "just 12 anti-vaxxers are responsible for almost two-thirds of anti-vaccine content circulating on social media platforms."
Although tracking the coronavirus has become much more difficult in recent months, there is evidence of a mini-surge.
The Twitter network in which COVID-19 was mentioned included Right wing, Progressive, Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Quebecois and Government clusters. The cluster that posted most often about COVID-19 was the anti-Liberal cluster. The Right-Wing cluster contributed high volumes of COVID-19 misinformation.