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"Did you hear [Covid] wasn't China, it was the US all along?" One grocery clerk to another just now lmao (hexbear.net)

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Was expecting horrific sinophobia, but instead two clerks agreeing while customers had to listen

Hell yeah catgirl-salute

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[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago

Wait, where is this being discussed outside of Chinese media? I’ve only heard it mentioned on GlobalTimes and Hexbear

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Reuters 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

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