Some say the virus was created by itself. Others that is the fault of 5G. That the Americans did. No, the Chineseâ?¦ In times of uncertainty, the answers are sought even in the most impossible theses. And conspiracy theories abound. Becoming also an instrument of geopolitical warfare

It seems that once terrorism has been exhausted as a result of extraordinary measures, the invention of an epidemic can provide the ideal pretext for expanding them across borders. We also lacked the denial of pandemic to complete the already rich theater of so-called conspiracy theorists, those who in moments of chaos throw hypotheses of conspiracies in the name of "healthy" counter-information.

In the few weeks of Covid-19, we have been flooded with a thousand responses to our suspicions. Some of which are frankly believable. Word comes, like the story of the coronavirus generated in a lab in Wuhan. The idea crossed the minds of many people at first. Then came the November 2015 issue of Rai Leonardo's television chronicle, which showed experiments conducted by the Chinese to create a "chimera", a supervirus that brought together a protein of night bats and Sars. The anger was rapid and strong, while virologist Roberto Burioni recalled how recent studies published in Nature Medicine confirmed the "natural and zoonotic" origin of the virus.

Much stronger are the other reconstructions of the plot. For some, coronavirus simply does not exist, as the article in the daily Il Manifesto says: it is an invention to keep everyone under control and to restrict freedoms. Anyone who has read Eleonora Brigliador ("It's an American Conspiracy"; "Coronavirus Doesn't Exist"; "I Go Out When I Love You") knows that the former presenter is just the tip of the iceberg of what's circulating on WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, etc. On YouTube, a certain elvis76c writes: â??Seventy military trucks to transport 160 coffins? Couldnâ??t they use two or three doing a lot of roads? Did these 160 die in unison? Listen, dear friends, this is not a matter of being conspirators, but of not making us fools. "

Among conspiracy theorists who acknowledge the existence of Covid-19, the main topic is "who" caused it. Have you ever thought about 5G? New telecommunications technology, they say, will undermine our immune defenses by inoculating the disease into the body. â??What was the first city in the world to install 5G networks? Wuhani! And the first European region? Northern Italy ", wrote on Twitter Gunter Pauli, a thinker close to Beppe Grillo and today economic advisor of Giuseppe Contes.

5G and the coronavirus are linked, including to turbo-conspiratorial blogger Rosario Marcianò, known for conspiracy theories, denial of the Bataclan massacre (they were actors, not dead) and mystifiers of other painful public truths. His Facebook channel, Tanker Enemy, was seized a few days ago by police for posting a video in which he called for non-compliance with quarantine rules. On the website of the same name, which is still online, he writes, among other things: "Why were so many different companies dealing with distance learning already ready for all the programs and applications for telematics teaching?" Exactly: who is behind the computer program for schools?

And yet we must be accustomed to conspiracy theories. The same thing happened with Sars and Ebolan. Even with AIDS. He was said to have lost control of the US military in search of a powerful biological weapon. It was then confirmed that the theory was part of a disinformation campaign orchestrated by the KGB. And as history repeats itself, in recent weeks Russia has been accused of directing false news blaming the United States and the United Kingdom for destabilizing European countries.

An evil plan by the Americans: this is so far the idea of a conspiracy with which people are more indignant. "I am beginning to believe that coronavirus is a major operation to overthrow the Chinese and European economies, as well as mass disarmament, to open the door to large-scale military operations, of which little is known today," he wrote. Twitter director Gabriele Muccino. The reference is to Operation Defender Europe 20, a NATO exercise with a large deployment of US forces on European territory.

"American training is a world war ready to start," the social media warmed up. "They put us in a state of emergency and American soldiers are here to quell any protest. Let's resist! �

"How can you not understand: America already has the vaccine and immune soldiers to Covid will command while we die." By the way, because of the virus, American training was reduced from 20,000 to 6,000 soldiers. The invasion was postponed.

A video received on many smartphones is called "It was the naked of the night" and originates from the YouTube channel Luogoco-mune2 by Massimo Mazzucco, the prince of modern conspiracies, from the deception of the Twin Towers to the denial of landing on the moon. to alternative anti-cancer treatments. In the video, Mazzucco links a series of tests to demonstrate, among other things, that an "American hand" brought a ready-made virus to China. How would you get there? Thanks to the athletes who participated in the World Military Championship in Wuhan, in October. Which is also the truth protected "under the table" by the Chinese government. "Conspiracy theories are a new front, a narrative of the crisis they use to compete globally," said Julian Gewirtz of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. And thanks to technology, this narrative is spreading around the world.

So much so that even in Italy many have caught up with Bill Gates: he subsidized the British Pirbright Research Institute to create immunization from infectious bird bronchitis, but is accused of creating both Covid-19 and the corresponding vaccine. The goal: to establish a New World Order of the "globalist elite" that will rule the peoples after it has exterminated them, in the name of climate change.

Even essayist, commentator and philosopher Diego Fusaro has insisted on American responsibilities: "Maybe it's a bacteriological war from the United States." And further: "The United States wants to strike at countries that are not aligned with them." The reference is also to Italy, which has blamed the agreements on the New Silk Road, and Iran, which supplies Beijing with oil ("accidentally" two of the most affected countries). Tehran also points the finger at the United States, and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said he has refused to help with US drugs because "they are a way to spread the virus."

It is less clear to whom Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Sri Lanka, was referring when he said: "The virus is the product of unscrupulous experiments by rich and powerful nations" and therefore the UN, he said, should investigate and punish perpetrators for genocide. United States? China? Of course his words had a worldwide resonance. To the extent that former Senator Domico Scilipoti is shocked: "Who knows, talk!". And who does not know, be silent. / Panorama Italia - Bota.al