China persistently spreads rumors that the coronavirus originated abroad and not in Wuhan.
Recently, even virologist Alexander Kekulé has had to serve as a key witness for the thesis.
On Markus Lanz's TV,
Alexander Kekulé
commented on the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 virus.
China turns the
virologist's
quotes into
its own version, twisting the facts.
Isn't the city of
Wuhan
the place of origin of Corona?
The medic takes a position.
Munich - Nowhere on German TV is the corona pandemic being negotiated as persistently as in the
ZDF
talk "Lanz".
On Thursday,
Alexander Kekulé
, known to be a virologist with the courage to propose unconventional
theses
, was a guest.
Apparently even Beijing got involved.
Since then, Kekulé has been quoted cheerfully in the Chinese media.
The state
broadcaster CGNT
said: "Coronavirus does not come from
Wuhan
, says leading German virologist."
Corona origin: transferred in China, mutated in Italy?
China with its own version
The question of where the virus first jumped
from animals to humans
has not yet been clarified.
It is obvious that this happened in the port of the Chinese city of Wuhan, but it does not fit the tour in Beijing at all.
Therefore, she has been claiming for months that the virus was introduced.
Sometimes the
US military is
blamed, sometimes
Europe
.
It is now said that
Corona
is said to have come to China with frozen food.
There is no solid evidence of this, and Kekulé never claimed the same.
The fact that he still has to serve as a key witness for the extremely questionable thesis can only
be explained
by the
willingness to generously inflect the quotation
.
In the case of
Markus Lanz
, the virologist argued that the virus had mutated in Italy and thus became even more infectious.
In the north of the country there was a large but unnoticed outbreak over several weeks.
This, according to Kekulé, gave the virus time to develop.
In the end, it was "more infectious than the original Wuhan variant".
Coronavirus and its origin: Kekulé takes a position on China propaganda
When Lanz asked, Kekulé expressly emphasized that the
virus originated in China
.
But
that didn't stop
the state
broadcaster CGNT
from twisting the quote in line with the Chinese narrative.
This is by no means surprising.
State propaganda has recently been presenting its version of the virus spread more and more aggressively - at home and abroad.
Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Foreign Office, recently said: "Even if China was the first country to report cases, that does not necessarily mean that the virus originated in China." The offensive should also start with a cross-border survey by the Pew Research Center have to do, according to which China's image - also because of the
Corona crisis
- has suffered badly.
Chinese media are using the emergence of the G variant in Italy for propaganda.
The #coronavirus pandemic originated in China and the outbreak was possibly even concealed at the beginning.
https://t.co/rwNCxM5O8E via @focusonline
- Prof Alexander Kekulé, MD PhD (@AlexanderKekule) December 1, 2020
In any case, Kekulé reacted on Tuesday to the instrumentalization of his appearance.
Chinese media used the appearance of the Italian
Corona
variant
for "propaganda", he wrote on Twitter and once again made it clear: "The pandemic originated in
China
."
