Sounds like the same kind of stuff some right-wingers are accusing China of, and some U.S. politicians even. And I have seen some of the things mentioned in this article in postings on Facebook, by people I know.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/russia-china-iran-disinformation-coronavirus-state-department-193107
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz)
,Business Insider•April 23, 2020
China, Iran, and Russia are each using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to spread disinformation related to the United States, according to a State Department report viewed by Politico.
The messaging from each government aligns with the others, according to Politico. They include the baseless narratives that the coronavirus is an American bioweapon and is being spread by US troops, that the US is scoring political points from the crisis, and that all three governments — unlike the US — are managing the crisis well, according to Politico's reporting on the document.
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The report makes the case that propaganda from the three governments have converged as coronavirus has spread.
Some of the information is produced by state-run media, and some has been put out by the governments, Politico reported.
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