Chinese media in fake news claims over Swiss scientist critical of US
State media quietly erases articles on biologist Wilson Edwards after Switzerland says he does not exist
Chinese state media articles quoting a Swiss biologist accusing the US of politicising Covid origin investigations have been quietly deleted, after the Swiss government said no such person exists.
On 24 July, a Facebook post by an account named Wilson Edwards claimed to have witnessed or learned of US efforts to politicise the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 investigations from within.