newspunch--2020-04-03--UN Demands Sovereign Nations Hand Over 10% of Entire Planet’s Annual Income In ‘Fund’ For Covid-19 R

UN Demands Sovereign Nations Hand Over 10% of Entire Planet’s Annual Income In ‘Fund’ For Covid-19 Response

The United Nations is demanding sovereign nations pay the equivalent of at least 10 % of the annual income of the entire planet to a new “ fund ” announced by Secretary-General António Guterres that will hold approximately $ 8.7 trillion USD , an unprecedented amount of money that would be 2,900 times greater than the UN ’ s annual budget .
UN Secretary-General Guterres announced the creation of the fund for addressing the global coronavirus pandemic , described as a massive “ human-centered , innovative and coordinated stimulus package , ” which would effectively create a new world superpower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the UN itself , in charge of propping up the economies of sovereign nations during the crisis .
Although Guterres doesn ’ t state it explicitly , he seems to be connecting the new fund , which he calls a “ dedicated COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund , ” with the massive stimulus package plan , announcing both measures in the same press release .
LifeSiteNews reports : Guterres also wants 100 billion USD for the World Health Organization , whose president has been blamed for helping to cause the coronavirus pandemic by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s false claim that COVID-19 is not transmissible to humans .
He also wants the same organization to build an “ interconnected Global Health Emergency System for data , workforce , and supplies.
” Guterres says that the money would be channeled “ not only to the business sector and lead firms , but to the workers and SMEs worldwide that underpin the global economy.
” “ It is not enough to protect major businesses : we need to protect their suppliers , and the global consumer demand – the household income – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to life , ” writes Guterres in his report , called “ Shared responsibility , global solidarity : Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19.
” “ To be effective , the stimulus package will need to focus on direct and targeted transfer of resources to the most vulnerable households and scaling up health emergency preparedness , social protection , tax abatement , low interest rates , access to credit , insurance and wage support schemes , ” he writes .
Among the objectives of the plan , Guterres includes “ attention to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as access to contraceptives without prescription during the crisis.
” “ Sexual reproductive health services ” are a euphemism often used by international organizations to refer to abortion and contraception .
United Nations and World Health Organization helped to create the pandemic , says expert Steven Mosher , president of the Population Research Institute , noted that the UN ’ s World Health Organization ( WHO ) helped to create the pandemic by repeating communist Chinese government ’ s false propaganda denying the health risks of COVID-19 , and said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in general any additional money for the crisis .
“ The UN bureaucracy primarily exists to perpetuate itself and various Left-wing causes that are inimical to liberty and sovereignty , ” Mosher told LifeSite .
“ If the China coronavirus teaches us anything , it is that in moments of global crisis we can only trust our fellow citizens not a distant and detached group of bureaucrats who are better compensated than nearly all Americans.
” He also noted that “ reproductive sexual health , ” in reality “ means forcing contraception , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not asked for it , ” and added that such priorities have left poorer countries unprepared to deal with COVID-19 .
“ If the clinics in Third World countries had been stocked with medicine instead of abortifacients and contraceptives , they would be better able to cope with the current pandemic , ” said Mosher .
“ In other words , population control programs cost lives.
” Mosher also rejected more funding for the WHO , noting its complicity in spreading false information about the pandemic .
“ The WHO , by parroting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic .
Even now , they are continuing to claim that China is a ‘ model ’ for how to contain the pandemic , ” Mosher told LifeSite .
“ They are part of the problem , not part of the solution.
” Mosher said that the U.S. should cut off funding to the WHO altogether unless its current head , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , resigned .
He noted that the WHO receives more than 22 % of its funding from the United States , and that much of the money “ goes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of an inflated , dysfunctional bureaucracy .
In other words , it is simply wasted .
”

The United Nations is demanding sovereign nations pay the equivalent of at least 10% of the annual income of the entire planet to a new “fund” announced by Secretary-General António Guterres that will hold approximately $8.7 trillion USD, an unprecedented amount of money that would be 2,900 times greater than the UN’s annual budget.
UN Secretary-General Guterres announced the creation of the fund for addressing the global coronavirus pandemic, described as a massive “human-centered, innovative and coordinated stimulus package,” which would effectively create a new world superpower, with the global agency, presumably the UN itself, in charge of propping up the economies of sovereign nations during the crisis.
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Although Guterres doesn’t state it explicitly, he seems to be connecting the new fund, which he calls a “dedicated COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund,” with the massive stimulus package plan, announcing both measures in the same press release.
LifeSiteNews reports: Guterres also wants 100 billion USD for the World Health Organization, whose president has been blamed for helping to cause the coronavirus pandemic by repeating in January the Chinese government’s false claim that COVID-19 is not transmissible to humans.
He also wants the same organization to build an “interconnected Global Health Emergency System for data, workforce, and supplies.”
Guterres says that the money would be channeled “not only to the business sector and lead firms, but to the workers and SMEs worldwide that underpin the global economy.”
“It is not enough to protect major businesses: we need to protect their suppliers, and the global consumer demand – the household income – that will usher the global economy back to life,” writes Guterres in his report, called “Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19.”
“To be effective, the stimulus package will need to focus on direct and targeted transfer of resources to the most vulnerable households and scaling up health emergency preparedness, social protection, tax abatement, low interest rates, access to credit, insurance and wage support schemes,” he writes.
Among the objectives of the plan, Guterres includes “attention to continued delivery of sexual reproductive health services, such as access to contraceptives without prescription during the crisis.”
“Sexual reproductive health services” are a euphemism often used by international organizations to refer to abortion and contraception.
United Nations and World Health Organization helped to create the pandemic, says expert
Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, noted that the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) helped to create the pandemic by repeating communist Chinese government’s false propaganda denying the health risks of COVID-19, and said he was against giving them or the UN in general any additional money for the crisis.
“The UN bureaucracy primarily exists to perpetuate itself and various Left-wing causes that are inimical to liberty and sovereignty,” Mosher told LifeSite. “If the China coronavirus teaches us anything, it is that in moments of global crisis we can only trust our fellow citizens not a distant and detached group of bureaucrats who are better compensated than nearly all Americans.”
He also noted that “reproductive sexual health,” in reality “means forcing contraception, sterilization and abortion on peoples who have not asked for it,” and added that such priorities have left poorer countries unprepared to deal with COVID-19.
“If the clinics in Third World countries had been stocked with medicine instead of abortifacients and contraceptives, they would be better able to cope with the current pandemic,” said Mosher. “In other words, population control programs cost lives.”
Mosher also rejected more funding for the WHO, noting its complicity in spreading false information about the pandemic.
“The WHO, by parroting Chinese propaganda, helped to spread the pandemic. Even now, they are continuing to claim that China is a ‘model’ for how to contain the pandemic,” Mosher told LifeSite. “They are part of the problem, not part of the solution.”
Mosher said that the U.S. should cut off funding to the WHO altogether unless its current head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, resigned. He noted that the WHO receives more than 22% of its funding from the United States, and that much of the money “goes towards the salary, benefits and perks of an inflated, dysfunctional bureaucracy. In other words, it is simply wasted.”


newspunch--2020-04-03--Experts Warn of HUGE Civil Unrest in U.S. Over Coronavirus

Widespread civil unrest in the United States as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is imminent , according to crime , economic , and behavioral experts .
“ What will likely prompt looting , rioting , civil unrest will be if public services are overloaded , ” Andrew Bringuel II , a former supervisory special agent at the FBI ’ s Behavioral Analysis unit and executive director of the Behavioral Science Unit , wrote in an email .
“ If people lose their public trust in the confidence that the police can maintain social order , they will begin to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t recognize the rule of law .
Thomas Hobbs described this as a breakdown of the social contract , and it ’ s really an imbalance in social equilibrium.
” Washingtonexaminer.com reports : If people who were laid off in March go without paychecks for another month or two , they may be unable to support themselves , explained the World Bank ’ s former lead research economist , Branko Milanovic .
People without money still need food and medical supplies .
“ The suffering is going to be so severe , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law professor and author of What Changed When Everything Changed : 9/11 and the Making of National Identity .
“ It ’ s a broad-base concern in terms of people being out of work , maybe neighborhood stores closing , people being concerned about assistance and unemployment benefits running out , ” said Bill Johnson , executive director for the National Association of Police Organizations .
“ Not so much because of the virus but because of the downturn in the economy , people being out of work , and that sort of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to see an uptick first in property crime and , hopefully , it won ’ t happen , but you ’ ll have an increase in other types of crime as well.
” Bringuel said crime rates in general have declined recently as the majority of the country ’ s population is under stay-at-home orders , but property crime has not gone down .
He proposed medical supplies may be more immediately desired than food because there is no food shortage as of April 1 , but even basic medical supplies such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationwide .
“ The areas fraying will likely be hospitals where staff are becoming stressed with [ personal protective equipment ] in short supply , ” said Bringuel .
“ While these brave men and women are on the job , there could come a time that they revert to their sense of self-interest and need for self-preservation and refuse to provide medical services.
” Unlike the violence in New Orleans soon after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 , this pandemic is a slowly unfolding disaster , which comes with pros and cons in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uptick in crime or civil unrest .
“ If there ’ s not enough police healthy to respond , then what happens , I think , that other departments , sheriffs , agencies , state police , National Guard , private security , will pick up that slack , ” said Johnson , adding that National Guard activations in each state could be made so that the military is enforcing curfew and keeping the public safe while police respond to emergencies .
“ One silver lining is that it seems so far that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not everywhere at once at the same level .
It ’ s piquing in New York , New Jersey .
It may be emerging in Florida , New Orleans.
” In New York City on Tuesday , 5,600 officers were not working because they were sick , which is almost 15 % of the force .
But absences in large forces is different than a small sheriff ’ s department that may have a total of 12 employees and have four out sick .
Bigger departments will rely on pacts with others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ If it happens in one place , you can actually deal with it , but it will become more serious if it happens simultaneously in a number of places , ” said Milanovic , who is currently a senior scholar at the City University of New York ’ s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality .
The extent of riots and crime will be greatly affected by the federal government ’ s response over the next few months , the experts agreed .
Margulies predicted “ tens of millions of people will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government doesn ’ t come to their assistance.
” As of late March , nearly half of all U.S. companies are expected to furlough workers , and more than one-third are not hiring in the near future .
“ The president ’ s advisers know that , in times of crisis , social equilibrium is critical , and in order to increase public trust , the government has to be seen as making positive decisions , ” said Bringuel , who approved of the daily White House press conferences , economic stimulus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ centralizing its crisis response .
“ I think they are willing to take steps to alleviate suffering .
If they do , then I think that we will weather this with a lot less harm than it could have been , ” said Margulies .

Widespread civil unrest in the United States as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is imminent, according to crime, economic, and behavioral experts.
“What will likely prompt looting, rioting, civil unrest will be if public services are overloaded,” Andrew Bringuel II, a former supervisory special agent at the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis unit and executive director of the Behavioral Science Unit, wrote in an email.
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“If people lose their public trust in the confidence that the police can maintain social order, they will begin to defend themselves against those who don’t recognize the rule of law. Thomas Hobbs described this as a breakdown of the social contract, and it’s really an imbalance in social equilibrium.”
Washingtonexaminer.com reports: If people who were laid off in March go without paychecks for another month or two, they may be unable to support themselves, explained the World Bank’s former lead research economist, Branko Milanovic. People without money still need food and medical supplies.
“The suffering is going to be so severe,” said Joseph Margulies, a Cornell University law professor and author of What Changed When Everything Changed: 9/11 and the Making of National Identity.
“It’s a broad-base concern in terms of people being out of work, maybe neighborhood stores closing, people being concerned about assistance and unemployment benefits running out,” said Bill Johnson, executive director for the National Association of Police Organizations. “Not so much because of the virus but because of the downturn in the economy, people being out of work, and that sort of thing, typically you’re going to see an uptick first in property crime and, hopefully, it won’t happen, but you’ll have an increase in other types of crime as well.”
Bringuel said crime rates in general have declined recently as the majority of the country’s population is under stay-at-home orders, but property crime has not gone down. He proposed medical supplies may be more immediately desired than food because there is no food shortage as of April 1, but even basic medical supplies such as masks are unavailable to the extent needed nationwide.
“The areas fraying will likely be hospitals where staff are becoming stressed with [personal protective equipment] in short supply,” said Bringuel. “While these brave men and women are on the job, there could come a time that they revert to their sense of self-interest and need for self-preservation and refuse to provide medical services.”
Unlike the violence in New Orleans soon after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, this pandemic is a slowly unfolding disaster, which comes with pros and cons in how law enforcement can respond to an uptick in crime or civil unrest.
“If there’s not enough police healthy to respond, then what happens, I think, that other departments, sheriffs, agencies, state police, National Guard, private security, will pick up that slack,” said Johnson, adding that National Guard activations in each state could be made so that the military is enforcing curfew and keeping the public safe while police respond to emergencies. “One silver lining is that it seems so far that the sickness, illnesses, the deaths are not everywhere at once at the same level. It’s piquing in New York, New Jersey. It may be emerging in Florida, New Orleans.”
In New York City on Tuesday, 5,600 officers were not working because they were sick, which is almost 15% of the force. But absences in large forces is different than a small sheriff’s department that may have a total of 12 employees and have four out sick. Bigger departments will rely on pacts with others to supplement absences, Johnson said.
“If it happens in one place, you can actually deal with it, but it will become more serious if it happens simultaneously in a number of places,” said Milanovic, who is currently a senior scholar at the City University of New York’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.
The extent of riots and crime will be greatly affected by the federal government’s response over the next few months, the experts agreed. Margulies predicted “tens of millions of people will be affected — their economic livelihood destroyed if the government doesn’t come to their assistance.” As of late March, nearly half of all U.S. companies are expected to furlough workers,and more than one-third are not hiring in the near future.
“The president’s advisers know that, in times of crisis, social equilibrium is critical, and in order to increase public trust, the government has to be seen as making positive decisions,” said Bringuel, who approved of the daily White House press conferences, economic stimulus package, and the government’s centralizing its crisis response.
“I think they are willing to take steps to alleviate suffering. If they do, then I think that we will weather this with a lot less harm than it could have been,” said Margulies.


newspunch--2020-04-03--Debra Messing: POTUS ‘Owns Every Death’ From Coronavirus

Hollywood actress Debra Messing has declared that President Trump “ owns every death ” from the Chinese coronavirus , following reports that the U.S. Army warned that up to 150,000 people might die as a result of the outbreak .
On Thursday , The Daily Beast published unclassified documents from the U.S. Army to the White House warning that in the worse-case scenario , up to 80 million people could be infected with the virus , up to 500,000 could require hospitalization , and that as many as 150,000 people could die .
Triggered by the story , Messing immediately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ HE .
FUCKING .
KNEW .
150,000 Americans DEAD , ” she said .
“ And he did NOTHING .
# TrumpOwnsEveryDeath.
” Breitbart.com reports : As of Thursday afternoon , 240,37 Americans have confirmed cases of the coronavirus , while 5,807 of those have died .
Another 10,365 have already made a full recovery .
Last month , the Will & Grace star also shared a deceptively edited video of President Trump dismissing the coronavirus as a “ hoax , ” suggesting that many of his supporters would die as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality , the president used the word “ hoax ” during a campaign rally to describe the Democrats ’ attempts to politicize the pandemic .
“ LIAR-IN-CHIEF .
# Maga have been unmoved by the 16500 lies 45 has made since elected , ” the actress said at the time .
“ Now that innumerable people ( including MAGA ) will die , because of his lies and inaction , I wonder if MAGA will recognize that 45 must be voted out ?
” In February , the 51-year-old star also declared that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” alongside a two-year-old Washington Post article about proposed budget cuts to the Center for Disease Control that never came to fruition .

Hollywood actress Debra Messing has declared that President Trump “owns every death” from the Chinese coronavirus, following reports that the U.S. Army warned that up to 150,000 people might die as a result of the outbreak.
On Thursday, The Daily Beast published unclassified documents from the U.S. Army to the White House warning that in the worse-case scenario, up to 80 million people could be infected with the virus, up to 500,000 could require hospitalization, and that as many as 150,000 people could die.
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Triggered by the story, Messing immediately accused the president of doing “nothing.”
“HE. FUCKING. KNEW. 150,000 Americans DEAD,” she said. “And he did NOTHING. #TrumpOwnsEveryDeath.”
https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1245809772621856768
Breitbart.com reports: As of Thursday afternoon, 240,37 Americans have confirmed cases of the coronavirus, while 5,807 of those have died. Another 10,365 have already made a full recovery.
Last month, the Will & Grace star also shared a deceptively edited video of President Trump dismissing the coronavirus as a “hoax,” suggesting that many of his supporters would die as a result of his lying. In reality, the president used the word “hoax” during a campaign rally to describe the Democrats’ attempts to politicize the pandemic.
“LIAR-IN-CHIEF. #Maga have been unmoved by the 16500 lies 45 has made since elected,” the actress said at the time. “Now that innumerable people (including MAGA) will die, because of his lies and inaction, I wonder if MAGA will recognize that 45 must be voted out?”
https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1239960967678656512
In February, the 51-year-old star also declared that Trump “puts Americans in mortal danger” alongside a two-year-old Washington Post article about proposed budget cuts to the Center for Disease Control that never came to fruition.


newspunch--2020-04-03--Nasty Nancy Unveils Committee to Investigate Gov’t Response on Coronavirus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday unveiled a select committee to investigate the government ’ s response to the coronavirus pandemic .
Pelosi claims she wants to ensure that the $ 2 trillion is spent “ wisely and efficiently , ” and has appointed Dem Whip James Clyburn ( SC ) as be chairman .
“ The committee will be empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to the coronavirus , and to assure that the taxpayer dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent to save lives , deliver relief and benefit our economy , ” Pelosi said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The importance of this committee ’ s work can not be overstated , ” Clyburn said in a statement about his appointment .
“ Just as the Truman Commission in the 1940s investigated waste , corruption , and fraud during World War II at the Defense Department , this select committee is tasked with oversight of how the federal government spends the taxpayer-funded $ 2 trillion allocated by Congress to address the COVID-19 crisis.
” Thegatewaypundit.com reports : House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hit back at Pelosi ’ s decision to form @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already wrote oversight provisions into the mammoth stimulus package .
So why would Pelosi create this committee ?
Because it will have subpoena power .

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday unveiled a select committee to investigate the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pelosi claims she wants to ensure that the $2 trillion is spent “wisely and efficiently,” and has appointed Dem Whip James Clyburn (SC) as be chairman.
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“The committee will be empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to the coronavirus, and to assure that the taxpayer dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent to save lives, deliver relief and benefit our economy,” Pelosi said during a conference call with reporters.
“The importance of this committee’s work cannot be overstated,” Clyburn said in a statement about his appointment. “Just as the Truman Commission in the 1940s investigated waste, corruption, and fraud during World War II at the Defense Department, this select committee is tasked with oversight of how the federal government spends the taxpayer-funded $2 trillion allocated by Congress to address the COVID-19 crisis.”
Thegatewaypundit.com reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hit back at Pelosi’s decision to form a select committee because he said Congress already wrote oversight provisions into the mammoth stimulus package.
So why would Pelosi create this committee?
Because it will have subpoena power.
Separately, House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff proposed a 9-11-style commission to investigate the Coronavirus pandemic response….and President Trump.


newspunch--2020-04-03--British Media Outlets Warned Not To Promote False 5G Coronavirus Theories

Media outlets in the UK have been warned that they will face sanctions if they give airtime to false coronavirus health advice The warning came after a Sussex radio station was given a severe warning for broadcasting ‘ baseless conspiracy theories ’ connecting the pandemic to the rollout of 5G .
Ofcom , the government-approved media watchdog , ordered the station to broadcast an apology ( in a manner of the regualtors choosing ) and warned other media outlets that it would be stepping up its monitoring .
The Guardian reports : Members of the public complained after hearing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FM , in which a woman introduced as a “ registered nurse ” claimed , without any evidence , that the rollout of 5G phone technology in Wuhan was connected to the outbreak and that the virus had been created in a lab .
It later emerged that she was a practitioner of alternative medicines , while the media regulator said it was “ not aware of any reputable scientific evidence to corroborate such a contentious claim which runs contrary to all official advice , both in the UK and internationally , about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monitoring television and radio stations that might be broadcasting potentially harmful views about the causes and origins of Covid-19 that have “ the potential to undermine people ’ s trust in the advice of mainstream sources of information ” during the crisis .
Baseless suggestions that coronavirus is linked to 5G have spread widely in recent weeks on WhatsApp , Facebook groups , and on the fast-growing community website NextDoor – all of which have the ability to reach vastly more people than a small community radio station in Sussex but are much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ material on WhatsApp connecting 5G to coronavirus has now been covered in many mainstream news outlets , boosted by social media posts by celebrities such as the actor Woody Harrelson .
This poses a conundrum for those seeking to convince the public that the fears are unfounded .
Fact-checking organisations often find that people are reluctant to change their mind once convinced of an issue if they are simply told they are wrong , despite international agencies finding there are no health risks associated with 5G and no link to coronavirus .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in mainstream media means that attempts to stop the claims spreading are seen as a cover-up .
In the case of Uckfield FM , Ofcom reported that the guest also used her appearance to launch a lengthy attack on health professionals in the NHS dealing with the pandemic .
She said : “ Just because you have this qualification , do not wear that like a crown of glory … The days are gone when you were a doctor and a nurse and everybody trusted you .
Those days are well gone .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ trust a qualification .
I know many people who are very qualified who know very little .
Because remember the people that own the establishments that teach us , it all travels back to the same thing .
It ’ s all owned by big pharma .
They own the medical elite and they determine what gets published .
”

Media outlets in the UK have been warned that they will face sanctions if they give airtime to false coronavirus health advice
The warning came after a Sussex radio station was given a severe warning for broadcasting ‘baseless conspiracy theories’ connecting the pandemic to the rollout of 5G.
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Ofcom, the government-approved media watchdog, ordered the station to broadcast an apology (in a manner of the regualtors choosing) and warned other media outlets that it would be stepping up its monitoring.
The Guardian reports: Members of the public complained after hearing a broadcast on the community radio station Uckfield FM, in which a woman introduced as a “registered nurse” claimed, without any evidence, that the rollout of 5G phone technology in Wuhan was connected to the outbreak and that the virus had been created in a lab.
It later emerged that she was a practitioner of alternative medicines, while the media regulator said it was “not aware of any reputable scientific evidence to corroborate such a contentious claim which runs contrary to all official advice, both in the UK and internationally, about coronavirus.”
Ofcom confirmed it was actively monitoring television and radio stations that might be broadcasting potentially harmful views about the causes and origins of Covid-19 that have “the potential to undermine people’s trust in the advice of mainstream sources of information” during the crisis.
Baseless suggestions that coronavirus is linked to 5G have spread widely in recent weeks on WhatsApp, Facebook groups, and on the fast-growing community website NextDoor – all of which have the ability to reach vastly more people than a small community radio station in Sussex but are much less regulated.
The spread of baseless material on WhatsApp connecting 5G to coronavirus has now been covered in many mainstream news outlets, boosted by social media posts by celebrities such as the actor Woody Harrelson.
This poses a conundrum for those seeking to convince the public that the fears are unfounded. Fact-checking organisations often find that people are reluctant to change their mind once convinced of an issue if they are simply told they are wrong, despite international agencies finding there are no health risks associated with 5G and no link to coronavirus. There is also the risk that declining trust in mainstream media means that attempts to stop the claims spreading are seen as a cover-up.
In the case of Uckfield FM, Ofcom reported that the guest also used her appearance to launch a lengthy attack on health professionals in the NHS dealing with the pandemic.
She said: “Just because you have this qualification, do not wear that like a crown of glory … The days are gone when you were a doctor and a nurse and everybody trusted you. Those days are well gone. Do your own research. Do not trust a qualification. I know many people who are very qualified who know very little. Because remember the people that own the establishments that teach us, it all travels back to the same thing. It’s all owned by big pharma. They own the medical elite and they determine what gets published.”