The amount of disinformation & confusion about covid-19 being spread by the PTI is so much that I need a thread to keep track.
1/ Let's start from the top with Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI :
Coronavirus is like the flu
1/ Let's start from the top with Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI :
Coronavirus is like the flu
2/ Also @ImranKhanPTI :
"Some doctors say that the type of heat Pakistan experiences, that makes the virus lose its effectiveness"
To be fair, he did say "there is a difference of opinion", but it was still irresponsible for a head of govt to say this
dawn.com/news/1542413
"Some doctors say that the type of heat Pakistan experiences, that makes the virus lose its effectiveness"
To be fair, he did say "there is a difference of opinion", but it was still irresponsible for a head of govt to say this
dawn.com/news/1542413
4/ Governor of Punjab @ChMSarwar:
"Drinking hot water at regular intervals will redirect the virus from your lungs to your stomach where it will be killed"
"Drinking hot water at regular intervals will redirect the virus from your lungs to your stomach where it will be killed"
7/ MPA and president of PTI Karachi (who has been leading the crusade against a lockdown in Sindh) @KhurrumZamanPTI:
"The Sindh govt is falsely exaggerating figures. When we visit the hospitals we learn that there are no coronavirus patients there"
"The Sindh govt is falsely exaggerating figures. When we visit the hospitals we learn that there are no coronavirus patients there"
9/ Unofficial sufi rock star of PTI @sufisal:
Treat/prevent coronavirus by drinking kalonji and sumak in hot water
Treat/prevent coronavirus by drinking kalonji and sumak in hot water
10/ President of Pakistan @ArifAlvi sharing a misguiding video that YouTube later removed for contradictingadvice from medical officials:
thecurrent.pk/president-alvi…
thecurrent.pk/president-alvi…
11/ One more from Governor Sindh @ImranIsmailPTI, irresponsibly tweeting a propaganda infographic produced by right wing UK brexit lobby group @LeaveEUOfficial:
12/ And this absolute masterpiece by Minister for *Planning* and PTI whizkid @Asad_Umar speaking one month ago:
4,800 people die in traffic accidents on average every month in Pakistan and only 720 from coronavirus, yet we haven't banned cars
🤦🏽♀️
4,800 people die in traffic accidents on average every month in Pakistan and only 720 from coronavirus, yet we haven't banned cars
🤦🏽♀️
13/ This one is not from PTI, but rather PPP's @Nabilgabol (thankfully he doesnt hold any office in any govt, legislature or party afaik):
"WHO is paying $3000 to the families of every victim of coronavirus", so people are faking it
"WHO is paying $3000 to the families of every victim of coronavirus", so people are faking it
14/ Forgot to include this beauty from Communications Minister @MuradSaeedPTI:
"The Governor of New York City [sic] says New York will follow the contact tracing and tracking introduced by Imran Khan in his concept of Smart Lockdown" 🤔
"The Governor of New York City [sic] says New York will follow the contact tracing and tracking introduced by Imran Khan in his concept of Smart Lockdown" 🤔
15/ Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI again:
"I want to tell the nation again, [the coronavirus] is only a threat to the elderly and sick"
"I want to tell the nation again, [the coronavirus] is only a threat to the elderly and sick"
16/ More from PM @ImranKhanPTI:
"The opposition wanted us to shut down mosques, as happened everywhere else in the world, because of the coronavirus threat. But when we checked after Ramzan, there was no coronavirus outbreak from any mosque"
"The opposition wanted us to shut down mosques, as happened everywhere else in the world, because of the coronavirus threat. But when we checked after Ramzan, there was no coronavirus outbreak from any mosque"
17/ The Federal Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs @Ali_MuhammadPTI retweeted this conspiracy-pushing tweet by local crackpot Zaid Hamid, claiming that the US planted the virus and then created the panic to sell vaccines and take over the world
(Via @themanlyduckman)
(Via @themanlyduckman)
18/ Sindh Governor @ImranIsmailPTI:
"Covid-19 is not a deadly disease"
He then goes on to recommend entirely untested herbal remedies such as senna leaves and ginger water
(via @themanlyduckman)
"Covid-19 is not a deadly disease"
He then goes on to recommend entirely untested herbal remedies such as senna leaves and ginger water
(via @themanlyduckman)
19/ Chief Minister of Balochistan @jam_kamal tweets this widely debunked WhatsApp forward claiming that drinking water can prevent the coronavirus
21/ Official twitter account of the Pakistani govt citing an unnamed stufy by the Met Dept implying the Covid-19 transmission rate had decreased due to higher temperature and humidity:
22/ Official twitter account of Govt of Pakistan tweets a graphic urging people to follow proper SOPs, but the person at the front of the main photo is wearing his mask incorrectly:
