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Whenever an event occurred in Turkey that was likely to stimulate hysterical chatter on social media, the government would either block or slow down access to Twitter, Facebook and other platforms. Because, yeah, these can spread rumors, fake news, and panic. Yes, it also disrupted access to news and information, and it could be used…

“Slowing the spread of the virus” simply means staggering the deaths over a longer period, controlling the demand on existing medical services that will likely have to cope with little or no enhancement of their resources. There is no real plan or intention to avert the deaths of the elderly and chronically ill, in my…