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Off topic, does anyone else remember the videos from December/January 2020 coming from China that showed young healthy adults dropping dead in the streets like

Off topic, does anyone else remember the videos from December/January 2020 coming from China that showed young healthy adults dropping dead in the streets like it was a zombie plague? Going off of China’s own numbers, none of that was reality, so what the heck was that? Some ridiculous psyop? For what purpose? To what end?

Sebguer 3y ago
Are you sure you didn't just watch Contagion and get confused? I do not recall anything of this sort, in fact until March 2020, no one thought Covid was anything serious as far as I can really remember. I recall most people believing my employer over-reacted when they shut down the offices. I don't think people would have felt this way if what you were describing had been a thing.
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- BryantD 3y ago
  Eric Raymond was spreading rumors about these videos in February 2020: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8587 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8587 (Note that there were some people advancing the bioweapon theory, although I won’t argue with anyone who says esr’s comment section was populated by fringe conspiracy theorists by 2020.)
2-718-281-828 3y ago
yes, i was also wondering about that. but i remember mostly videos of elderly people suddenly dropping dead.
nomel 3y ago
> Going off of China’s own numbers Why would you do that? Their numbers are factually fiction [1]. I know someone who had weekly reports, through their business relations, of where outbreaks were when, according to China, there were zero cases and deaths. They weren’t allowed to travel or do business in those areas. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/wuhan-china-covid-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-11-30T21%3A58%3A06&utm_medium=social https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/wuhan-china-covid-intl/i...
guilhas 3y ago
Let's remember those videos were release by 3rd parties, as leaks, claiming that China was hiding the real pandemic

Sebguer 3y ago

Are you sure you didn't just watch Contagion and get confused? I do not recall anything of this sort, in fact until March 2020, no one thought Covid was anything serious as far as I can really remember. I recall most people believing my employer over-reacted when they shut down the offices. I don't think people would have felt this way if what you were describing had been a thing.

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BryantD 3y ago
Eric Raymond was spreading rumors about these videos in February 2020: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8587 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8587 (Note that there were some people advancing the bioweapon theory, although I won’t argue with anyone who says esr’s comment section was populated by fringe conspiracy theorists by 2020.)

2-718-281-828 3y ago

yes, i was also wondering about that. but i remember mostly videos of elderly people suddenly dropping dead.

nomel 3y ago

> Going off of China’s own numbers Why would you do that? Their numbers are factually fiction [1]. I know someone who had weekly reports, through their business relations, of where outbreaks were when, according to China, there were zero cases and deaths. They weren’t allowed to travel or do business in those areas. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/wuhan-china-covid-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-11-30T21%3A58%3A06&utm_medium=social https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/wuhan-china-covid-intl/i...

guilhas 3y ago

Let's remember those videos were release by 3rd parties, as leaks, claiming that China was hiding the real pandemic