“I am deeply concerned because the same information campaign which initially downplayed the severity of COVID-19, downplayed the number of cases, then downplayed the number of deaths is now shifting to focus on the vaccine,” Emerson Brooking, resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, told reporters Aleszu Bajack and Jessica Guynn.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, at least 2,597 new COVID-19 deaths and 220,225 new cases were reported in the U.S. In happier news, next week is the state department’s 900-person indoor holiday party!
Elsewhere!
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Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden under federal investigation for tax case (CNBC)
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