Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-10 10:21:21 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FA42E206DBA7801568B2065C47B74EDE4766D79745DB7C4EC252EAC4E3C4E4E2
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Ukraine - a middle income country https://www.sshb.org/lmic/ - receives international support for their public health needs, e.g. https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/ukraine/default.htm https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/gllp/index.html But there is no evidence of "bioweapon labs in Ukraine" https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114272 https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1087910880/biological-weapons-far-right-russia-ukraine https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-news-russia-war-us-biological-weapons-lab-conspiracy-theory/ https://www.bbc.com/news/60711705 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/18/ukrainian-bioweapons-labs-qanon-fox-news https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_bioweapons_conspiracy_theory Media "debunking" the claim caused it to spread further. https://theconversation.com/ukraine-biolabs-how-attempts-to-debunk-a-conspiracy-theory-only-helped-it-spread-180403
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