*That line, among others no less troubling, was in a speech by John Magufuli, President * *of Tanzania, **on what he called the "dirty game" **being played **with the coronavirus test-kits * *"imported **from abroad," as Reuters puts it:* *https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tanzania-idUSKBN22F0KF?utm_source=reddit.com <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tanzania-idUSKBN22F0KF?utm_source=reddit.com>*
*Al Jazeera's coverage:* *https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/japan-backs-coronavirus-drug-moscow-lockdown-live-updates-200508232257831.html* <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/japan-backs-coronavirus-drug-moscow-lockdown-live-updates-200508232257831.html> *Tanzania's handling of the COVID-19 crisis has been criticized for its secretiveness, and* *for the government's refusal to take stringent steps to contain the spread of the disease:* *https://www.dw.com/en/tanzania-under-fire-from-who-for-lackluster-response-to-covid-19-pandemic/a-53304699 <https://www.dw.com/en/tanzania-under-fire-from-who-for-lackluster-response-to-covid-19-pandemic/a-53304699>* *Thus Magufuli's speech may be a politician's stab at damage control; but it is true that* *the coronavirus tests have proven largely worthless, and have apparently been used to * *inflate the **numbers of those infected—and especially the numbers of those killed "by* *the coronavirus"—as a **means of stoking panic: a "dirty game" indeed.* *The video is at **https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=bTU5HXyd9gE&feature=emb_logo <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=bTU5HXyd9gE&feature=emb_logo>.* *MCM* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W9aY6F9N0aSAmyg%3DRm1n6%3DQBSbMm%3DBqW9OV6-xtiibPMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
