Statement·other·said 2020-03-18
“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs… that's why China has been the source of viruses like SARS, MERS, swine flu and the coronavirus.”
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Falseby PolitiFact
2020-03-26Reasoning
PolitiFact noted MERS originated in Saudi Arabia and swine flu in the U.S., not China; experts said wildlife consumption is not representative of Chinese culture, and animal-to-human transmission is a global phenomenon.
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