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Coronavirus won't turn you into a 'zombie', says Malaysia


               
2020 Feb 2, 8:22am   497 views  2 comments

by Al_Sharpton_for_President   follow (6)  

KUALA LUMPUR: The deadly coronavirus will not cause victims to act like zombies, Malaysia's government said on social media, as officials act to correct the spread of misinformation surrounding the outbreak.

As medical authorities seek to contain the virus, some social media users in Malaysia made a connection between the disease and the walking dead.

Malaysia's health ministry dismissed the rumour in a tweet, however, saying: "The claim that individuals infected with this virus will behave like zombies is not true ... Patients can recover."

"The death rate is low (between two to three per cent) as compared to MERS-CoV (around 34 per cent) and SARS (about 10 per cent)," the ministry added in the series of tweets aimed at debunking myths about the coronavirus.

A number of posts in Malaysia on social media have wrongly claimed the number of deaths or infected people in the country.

Police have arrested six people for spreading misinformation about the virus, a Malaysian Communications and Multimedia statement said.

One of those arrested on Wednesday was a part-time tutor, aged 49, who was arrested for "uploading fake content pertaining to the virus" on Facebook.

In the latest arrest, last Thursday, a 28-year-old woman was investigated for "improper use of network facilities".

If convicted, she can be fined up to 50,000 ringgit or be jailed for a year, or both.

The virus has killed more than 300 people in China and infected thousands. Eight people in Malaysia have been found with the virus - all Chinese nationals.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-wuhan-coronavirus-zombie-tweet-rumours-12382426

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1   HeadSet   2020 Feb 2, 10:34am  

The deadly coronavirus will not cause victims to act like zombies

So all those guys prepped for the Zombie Apocalypse will still have to wait........
2   Patrick   2024 Nov 28, 1:23pm  

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/11/27/doc-among-eight-msians-file-rm60mil-suit-against-govt-who-over-covid-19-vaccine


By NURBAITI HAMDAN
Wednesday, 27 Nov 2024

KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Malaysians, including a doctor, have sued Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a joint class action suit over allegations of adverse health complications and deaths following Covid-19 vaccination.

The plaintiffs, aged between 26 and 77, filed the writ of summons via Messrs Mohamad Zainuddin & Co on Oct 23.

Apart from Anwar and WHO, they named 23 other defendants.

The others are former prime ministers Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Health Ministry, the government, and WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. ...

According to the statement of claim, some of the plaintiffs have suffered adverse effects following immunisation themselves while some lost loved ones purportedly due to health complications after receiving the vaccine.

Two of the plaintiffs were the children of their respective parents who passed away from health complications which they claimed were brought about from doses of Sinovac and a Pfizer booster shot.

Another plaintiff is a worker who allegedly suffered a stroke and speech impairment and now requires a cane to walk after abiding by the government directive to receive two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Another plaintiff was a female masseuse who claimed to be healthy before receiving her first dose of Pfizer.

She claimed to have suffered chronic vomiting, severe headaches and body pain with tremors after receiving the dose and is now confined to a wheelchair.

Three plaintiffs claimed discrimination over their refusal to comply with company policies involving vaccination and had to take unpaid leave or resign voluntarily.

The eight plaintiffs seek a court declaration that Covid-19 is a false pandemic and a man-made biological weapon created to resemble seasonal flu.

They are seeking a declaration that a live coronavirus has never been proven to exist by the Health Ministry and WHO because they purportedly failed to conduct isolation processes according to medical standards.

The plaintiffs also seek a declaration that the use of early and/or alternative and/or conventional treatments such as ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, favipiravir, corticosteroids, colchicine, and other similar drugs without taking the “fake poisonous experimental vaccine” should be allowed to treat Covid-19 victims.

The plaintiffs further seek a declaration and a writ of certiorari or prohibition for Anwar, the Health Ministry and the government to cease the injection of the “fake poisonous experimental vaccine”, and cancel all types and forms of programmes such as the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) immediately.

They are claiming RM60mil in damages, costs and other reliefs deemed fit by the court.

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