The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 22.7 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 14.4 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 1.2 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 64,938 [lowest number since early October]
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 69,283
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 1,088
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 15.8 % of the population
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved, hospitalizations improved, and deaths worsened
Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID disinformation, China took a leading role
An Associated Press investigation, conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, found that powerful political figures and allied media in China, the U.S., Russia and Iran flooded the globe with disinformation about the origins of the COVID pandemic.
By ERIKA KINETZAssociated Press
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Clockwise from left: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; Russian President Vladimir Putin; former U.S. President Trump; and Chinese President Xi Jinping. AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin
BRUSSELS The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had unleashed a bioweapon emerged at the fringes of Chinese social media the same day China first reported the outbreak of a mysterious virus.