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| − | Pictures from '''Chinese people that were collapsing''' on the streets in China and other situations were shared on [[social media]] in the west from January 2020 on | + | Pictures from '''Chinese people that were collapsing''' on the streets in [[China]] and other situations were shared on [[social media]] in the west from January [[2020]] on,<ref>https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/wtf/viral-video-china-wuhan-coronavirus-infected-people-collapsing-street-504979.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200215190547/https://www.unz.com/article/was-the-2020-wuhan-coronavirus-an-engineered-biological-attack-on-china-by-america-for-geopolitical-advantage/</ref><ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10808633/coronavirus-wuhan-zombieland/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7923981/Coronavirus-Disturbing-videos-claim-people-collapsing-Wuhan.html</ref><ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/people-collapsing-coronavirus/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200124140141/https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/01/24/2188257/disturbing-footages-show-people-collapsing-in-virus-hit-chinese-city-of-wuhan</ref> which added to the [[COVID-19/Panic|fear of Covid-19]]. These pictures and videos were at times taken by other passersby, but also footage from [[surveillance]] cameras was shared. |
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| + | <u>Points of note:</u> | ||
| + | * people in these videos seemed primarily middle-aged persons; | ||
| + | * commentators pointed out that some of these circumstances seemed fake (in the sense of "bad acting"); | ||
| + | * in other videos there indeed seemed to be a medical emergency; | ||
| + | * with some videos it is unclear if these were taken at the time of the coronavirus; | ||
| + | * a number of videos had background music, some were a combination of surveillance camera footage and mobile camera (therefore cut for the purpose);<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200215195958im_/https://metallicman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/d522001ed84c6fa1c00be4ebfbc0817d.mp4?_=2</ref> | ||
| + | * there was also surveillance footage from what seemed to be rooms of official Chinese agencies,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200215195958im_/https://metallicman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/@73499aa40eeef88709aba786ac223acc-1.mp4?_=10</ref> it is unclear how this could have found it's way to western social media;<br> | ||
| + | * (the culture of "Saving Face" would suggest that problems are rather not broadcasted, especially not to foreign audiences;<ref>https://www.echinacities.com/china-media/Why-are-Chinese-so-Concerned-About-Saving-Face</ref> raising again the question from where these videos originated) | ||
| + | * at the beginning of the outbreak in other countries, similar circumstances have have not been observed, raising the possibility that these images were [[COVID-19 media manipulation]]; | ||
| + | * the first images spread to the rest of the world was by the agency [[Agence France-Presse]], and published in ''[[the Guardian]]'' on January 31, 2020; | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 14 November 2022
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| Date | January 2020 - April 2020 |
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| Location | China |
| Description | Right at the beginning of the COVID crisis, videos from China emerged which showed collapsing people. |
Pictures from Chinese people that were collapsing on the streets in China and other situations were shared on social media in the west from January 2020 on,[1][2][3][4][5][6] which added to the fear of Covid-19. These pictures and videos were at times taken by other passersby, but also footage from surveillance cameras was shared.
Points of note:
- people in these videos seemed primarily middle-aged persons;
- commentators pointed out that some of these circumstances seemed fake (in the sense of "bad acting");
- in other videos there indeed seemed to be a medical emergency;
- with some videos it is unclear if these were taken at the time of the coronavirus;
- a number of videos had background music, some were a combination of surveillance camera footage and mobile camera (therefore cut for the purpose);[7]
- there was also surveillance footage from what seemed to be rooms of official Chinese agencies,[8] it is unclear how this could have found it's way to western social media;
- (the culture of "Saving Face" would suggest that problems are rather not broadcasted, especially not to foreign audiences;[9] raising again the question from where these videos originated)
- at the beginning of the outbreak in other countries, similar circumstances have have not been observed, raising the possibility that these images were COVID-19 media manipulation;
- the first images spread to the rest of the world was by the agency Agence France-Presse, and published in the Guardian on January 31, 2020;
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References
- ↑ https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/wtf/viral-video-china-wuhan-coronavirus-infected-people-collapsing-street-504979.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200215190547/https://www.unz.com/article/was-the-2020-wuhan-coronavirus-an-engineered-biological-attack-on-china-by-america-for-geopolitical-advantage/
- ↑ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10808633/coronavirus-wuhan-zombieland/
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7923981/Coronavirus-Disturbing-videos-claim-people-collapsing-Wuhan.html
- ↑ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/people-collapsing-coronavirus/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200124140141/https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/01/24/2188257/disturbing-footages-show-people-collapsing-in-virus-hit-chinese-city-of-wuhan
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200215195958im_/https://metallicman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/d522001ed84c6fa1c00be4ebfbc0817d.mp4?_=2
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200215195958im_/https://metallicman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/@73499aa40eeef88709aba786ac223acc-1.mp4?_=10
- ↑ https://www.echinacities.com/china-media/Why-are-Chinese-so-Concerned-About-Saving-Face
