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Original Caption: Poll Said New Crown Conspiracy Theory Has A Big Market, And Old American Republicans Prefer To Turn Fake News

By the time the cumulative number of new corona virus infections surpasses 43 million and the death toll surpasses 1.15 million, a British-led survey found that many respondents around the world still believe that the new corona pneumonia is a deliberately created pandemic and the death toll is greater than There is much less media coverage and it may not even exist.

Similarly, US President Trump recently declared that the deterioration of the epidemic in the United States is a “fake news media conspiracy” and that US hospitals deliberately exaggerated the death data from the new crown. for money.

A survey of around 26,000 people in 25 countries by YouGov and the Cambridge Globalism Project found that the death rate of the new crown has been exaggerated and is the most widespread conspiracy theory. Regarding the data collected by Johns Hopkins University that the number of deaths in the world exceeds one million, almost 60% of respondents in Nigeria believe that the data is exaggerated, and another 38% of Americans, 36 % of Hungarians and 30% of Italians. People feel the same as 28% of Germans.

The survey conducted in July and August also found that there are many supporters of fake news who believe that 5G mobile communication technology is the main culprit in the spread of a new coronary pneumonia. This statement was recognized by more than a fifth of the respondents in countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and South Africa.

Cognitive psychologist Stephen Lewandowski from the University of Bristol told The Guardian that any terrible incidents that deprive people of a sense of control, such as pandemics and mass shootings, will lead to the spread of conspiracy theories. “They (conspiracy theories) can provide people with a kind of psychological comfort, the feeling of not being dominated by chance. This is dangerous at any time and during the epidemic, if the conspiracy theories make the people ignore official recommendations, or commit sabotage or violence. The behavior will be more dangerous. “

Researchers from Northeastern University, Harvard University, Rutgers University, and Northwestern University also issued similar reports. After analyzing nearly 30 million COVID-19-related tweets from more than 500,000 registered US voters from January 1 to September 30, 2020, the report found that older voters generally shared more news and also sent more news from fake news websites.

The report indicated that Republicans 65 and older are more likely to share COVID-19 news from fake and misleading websites. The far-right website The Gateway Popdit is the most widely shared deceptive website.

But compared to younger voters, older voters seem to be less convinced of what they sent. The team’s previous research found that regardless of any political orientation, younger people are 1 in 11 more likely to believe false information about a new coronary pneumonia than older people.

US President Trump is also a proponent of the conspiracy theory that the epidemic is overblown. He believes the media exaggerated the severity of the epidemic before the elections to prevent him from being re-elected.

In a tweet on Monday (October 26) local time, Trump said: “The increase in cases is due to our tests, tests and trials. Fake news media conspiracy theories. Many young people are recovering quickly, 99 , 9%. The conspiracy of the corrupt media has been high. As of November 4, the subject will change completely. Vote! “

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the percentage of people who tested positive for a new coronary pneumonia in the United States increased from about 5.2% last week to 6.2%. Last week, an average of 68,000 new infections were added every day in the United States, which is the highest average in seven days since registration.

Unlike Trump’s emphasis on the rapid recovery of most young patients, according to the Associated Press, the number of deaths from novel coronaviruses in the United States is increasing every day. In the past two weeks, the nation’s average daily death toll increased by 10%. The number of deaths increased in 34 states and the number of new infections increased in 47 states. On Monday this week, a total of 42,000 new coronary patients in the United States were hospitalized, gradually increasing to the peak during the epidemic.

At a rally in Wisconsin last Saturday, Trump also proposed that US hospitals intentionally fabricate and exaggerate data on the deaths of the new crown to allow hospitals and doctors to seek more money. This seems to answer the findings of the British survey, that is, the conspiracy theory that the number of deaths is exaggerated has the widest scope.

In response, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Emergency Physicians quickly issued a rebuttal statement. Craig Spencer, Director of Global Health Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, also wrote: “For healthcare workers, during the pandemic, there is a president who is constantly fighting us, not working with us. It’s really tiring. “

Editor in charge: He Zhongfu