“Wilson Edwards”, or the “Swiss Biologist” created to spread disinformation

How do you create a disinformation campaign through social media ? With a little more attention than the Chinese Communist Party propagandists did, in the last attempt, who caught red-handed, or in the post, also because they wanted to risk too much.

China, to divert the interest of Covid-19 from the famous Wuhan laboratory, a campaign has started, based on nothing, according to which Covid-19 would have started from the USA, and we are not talking about Fauci's funding for Chinese research. To do this, they invented a few things, including, lastly, a Swiss researcher, such "Wilson Edwards", who would have validated the hypotheses of American origin. Already the name, which is not a "" Scherrer "or a" Rezzonico ", should have raised some doubts, but then choosing a Swiss, a rather precise people, was another sensational mistake. The Swiss Embassy in Beijing read the reference and responded with the following Tweet:

Looking for Wilson Edwards, alleged biologist, cited in press and social media in China over the last several days. If you exist, we would like to meet you! But it is more likely that this is a fake news, and we call on the Chinese press and netizens to take down the posts. pic.twitter.com/U6ku5EGibm

– Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing (@SwissEmbChina) August 10, 2021

We are looking for Wilson Edwards, alleged biologist, mentioned in the press and social media in China in recent days. If you exist, we would like to meet you! But it is more likely to be fake news and we are calling on the Chinese press and netizens to remove the posts.

What the Communist minculpops did: they created a fake Facebook profile of a Swiss biologist (among other things by overcoming the digital Great Wall, or by operating from abroad), then they used it to post the news of the "Politicization of the WHO" by the Americans and their attempt to hide the tracks. Wilson Edwads also has a Twitter account.

# COVID19 # COVID19nsw @WHO @DrTedros @FauciFan As scientific issues continue to be politicized, I have no doubt that this advisory group would be succumbed to a political tool. https://t.co/zjYDZcQLhm pic.twitter.com/i4rYkzAv2m

– WilsonEdwards (@ WilsonE84957402) July 24, 2021

Then the post, coming from the authoritative Swiss source, was taken and disseminated by the Chinese press and social media. Of course, no one in FB or Twitter, full of Fact Checker, noticed anything. We had to wait for the details of the Swiss embassy in Beijing …

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