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Line 70: Since May 2021, some media organizations softened previous language that described the laboratory leak theory as "debunked" or a "conspiracy theory".<ref name="media face hard questions">{{cite news \|vauthors=Swanson I \|title=The Memo: Media face hard questions on Trump, Wuhan lab \|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/555394-the-memo-media-face-hard-questions-on-trump-wuhan-lab?rl=1 \|access-date=2 June 2021 \|work=The Hill \|date=25 May 2021}}</ref> On the other hand, scientific opinion that an accidental leak is possible, but unlikely, has remained steady.<ref>See, for example, the following: * {{cite news \|vauthors=Taylor A \|title=Analysis -– The Wuhan lab-leak theory is getting more attention. That's because key evidence is still missing. \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/27/wuhan-lab-theory-evidence/ \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|url-access=limited}} * {{cite news \|vauthors=Beaumont P \|title=Did Covid come from a Wuhan lab? What we know so far \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/27/did-covid-come-from-a-wuhan-lab-what-we-know-so-far \|work=[[The Guardian]] \|date=27 May 2021}} * {{cite news \|vauthors=Rogers A \|title=The Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory Is a Tale of Weaponized Uncertainty \|url=https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-lab-leak-theory-weaponized-uncertainty/ \|access-date=2 June 2021 \|magazine=Wired}} Line 157: ====In Britain==== According to a study carried out by the [[University of Oxford]] in early 2020, nearly one-fifth of respondents in England believed to some extent that Jews were responsible for creating or spreading the virus with the motive of financial gain.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Mahmood \|first=Basit \|title=One Fifth of English People in Study Blame Jews or Muslims for COVID-19 \|url=https://www.newsweek.com/covid-19-conspiracy-theories-england-1505899 \|website=Newsweek \|date=22 May 2020 \|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Tercatin \|first1=Rosella \|last2=Edmunds \|first2=Donna Rachel \|title=One in five English people believe COVID is a Jewish conspiracy -– survey \|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/one-in-five-english-people-believe-covid-is-a-jewish-conspiracy-survey-629187 \|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post \|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref> ===Muslims spreading virus=== Line 233: ====Alleged leak of death toll by Tencent==== In February 2020, ''[[Taiwan News]]'' published an article claiming that [[Tencent]] may have accidentally leaked the real numbers of death and infection in China. ''Taiwan News'' suggested that the Tencent Epidemic Situation Tracker had briefly showed infected cases and death tolls many times higher of the official figure, citing a Facebook post by a 38-year-old Taiwanese beverage store owner and an anonymous Taiwanese [[netizen]].<ref>{{cite news \|vauthors=Schelden P \|title=Are These the 'Real' Wuhan Coronavirus Statistics? -– MedicineNet Health News \|url=https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=228004 \|access-date=15 June 2021 \|work=[[MedicineNet]] \|date=6 February 2020}}</ref> The article, referenced by other news outlets such as the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and widely circulated on Twitter, Facebook and 4chan, sparked a wide range of conspiracy theories that the screenshot indicates the real death toll instead of the ones published by health officials.<ref name=bloommag /> The author of the original news article defended the authenticity and newsworthiness of the leak on a [[WION (TV channel)\|WION]] program.<ref name="bloommag">{{cite web \|url=https://newbloommag.net/2020/02/12/coronavirus-taiwan-news/ \|title=Taiwan News Publishes COVID-19 Misinformation as Epidemic Spreads \|vauthors=Hioe B, Wooster L \|website=New Bloom Magazine \|date=12 February 2020 \|access-date=29 February 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229191408/https://newbloommag.net/2020/02/12/coronavirus-taiwan-news/ \|archive-date=29 February 2020 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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