inTheShadowOf [she/her]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days ago"Did you hear [Covid] wasn't China, it was the US all along?" One grocery clerk to another just now lmaomessage-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-square"Did you hear [Covid] wasn't China, it was the US all along?" One grocery clerk to another just now lmaoinTheShadowOf [she/her]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
Was expecting horrific sinophobia, but instead two clerks agreeing while customers had to listen Hell yeah
minus-squaresexywheat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·7 days agoWait, where is this being discussed outside of Chinese media? I’ve only heard it mentioned on GlobalTimes and Hexbear
minus-squaresovietknuckles [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-26 days agoReuters did an article about it a few weeks ago, framing it as “Who are you going to believe, China or Trump?” China suggests COVID-19 originated in US in response to Trump allegation The Independent published a different article a day later with the exact same title It must have gotten some traction, because a week later, the New York Times did damage control over it
Wait, where is this being discussed outside of Chinese media? I’ve only heard it mentioned on GlobalTimes and Hexbear
Reuters did an article about it a few weeks ago, framing it as “Who are you going to believe, China or Trump?”
The Independent published a different article a day later with the exact same title
It must have gotten some traction, because a week later, the New York Times did damage control over it