Opinion: Coronavirus and the Media: Perfect Instruments of Modern Warfare, By ‘Tope Fasua
Whoever made the graphics did not have the intention of helping China manage the crisis, or even the world to contain the disease. This was war. It is subtle, requires no guns to fight, no bombs, no troops on ground, but it is war all the same, with very devastating results. That was CNN on that day playing its part in the ongoing buckling of China, a situation which has caught that country totally on the back foot.
There is even a conspiracy theory on whether this coronavirus is a deliberately manufactured biological weapon or disease, and in the past few days, this theory has received much boost from quotes from one of Dean Koontz’s novels written in 1981 and titled. In that book, Koontz wrote of a respiratory disease that will come in the year 2020. I think he also called it Wuhan 400 and, at some point, the name Coronavirus was used.
The Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Zhou Pingjian has been on overdrive, doing his own part to manage the crisis, especially as it pertains to trade between the two countries. China is Nigeria’s largest single foreign trade partner in terms of sheer volume. I have read at least two heartfelt articles from the gentleman and those write-ups were interspersed with emotive phrases such as “one good turn deserves another”, “a friend in need is a friend indeed”, “at our trying times” and so on.
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