Agony of Sorrow

我追查了英文新聞。這確定是假消息。

加拿大公衛局發言人和加拿大皇家騎警隊都已經公開闢謠了，然而部分無知或無恥台灣媒體、網路社群是不會去查證的，反而引用曾造假被抓包的網路媒體散播的訊息！物以類聚乎？再說，自由時報的這篇報導並https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/coronavirus-wasnt-sent-by-spy-from-canada/?fbclid=IwAR17VSR6dvw-Y4l-EhZIssJTyQ91bL8xZ1ohpP3AIbf7D_edqcQbGTC9LQY

（我粗譯內容如下）

Coronavirus Wasn’t Sent by ‘Spy’ From Canada
(標題) 間諜從加拿大寄冠狀病毒純屬子虛烏有

Quick Take 快報

Social media posts falsely claim that a “Chinese spy team” working in a Canadian government lab sent “pathogens to the Wuhan facility” prior to the coronavirus outbreak in China. Two Canadian agencies have told us those claims are wrong.

社群媒體張貼假訊息，聲稱在武漢疫情爆發之前有一個在加拿大政府實驗室裡工作的中國間諜團隊寄了病原體給武漢實驗室。

Full Story 完整報導

Suggestions have been circulating on social media that a “Chinese spy team” sent the deadly coronavirus to Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the outbreak — from a Canadian research lab.

社群媒體上已持續流傳中國間諜團隊從一個加拿大研究實驗室寄送致命的冠狀病毒到中國武漢--疫情爆發源頭--的說法。

However, Eric Morrissette, a spokesman for the Public Health Agency of Canada, told us by email, “this is misinformation and there is no factual basis for claims being made on social media.”

然而，加拿大公衛局發言人艾瑞克莫里塞特以電子郵件告訴我們：「這是錯誤資訊，且這些社群媒體上的聲稱都非基於事實。」

The false claim appears to have originated on a Texas money manager’s Twitter account. On Jan. 25, Kyle Bass tweeted: “A husband and wife Chinese spy team were recently removed from a Level 4 Infectious Disease facility in Canada for sending pathogens to the Wuhan facility. The husband specialized in coronavirus research.”

這謠言似乎源自1月25日一個德州資金經理人凱爾貝斯的推特:「一個夫妻檔中國間諜團隊最近被加拿大一個4級感染性疾病實驗室開除，因為他們寄病原體給武漢的實驗室。夫妻檔中的丈夫專精於冠狀病毒研究。」

Bass included a link to a CBC News story from July that did not support the claims he made in his tweet. He did not respond to our request for comment.

貝斯和加了一個CBC七月的新聞連結，但這新聞並沒有內容支持他在推特上所稱之事。他並沒有回應我們、為此事做出評論。

The next day, ZeroHedge, a website that has published misinformation before, posted a story with this headline: “Did China Steal Coronavirus From Canada And Weaponize It?”

(貝斯推特文的)隔天，一個以前曾刊登錯誤訊息的網站ZeroHedge(自由時報那篇的消息來源)貼出了一篇文，標題寫著:「中國是否有從加拿大偷走冠狀病毒並製成武器？」

A screenshot of Bass’s tweet has also been turned into a meme that is circulating on Facebook. As we said, Bass’s tweet includes a link to a July story by CBC News, Canada’s publicly owned news service, that doesn’t support his claim.

一個貝斯推特文的截圖也被做成示意圖，流傳在臉書上。如同我們說的，他的推特文包含了一個加拿大官媒CBC並不支持其說法的報導連結。

CBC News reported in July that “a researcher with ties to China” had been escorted out of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg. That lab is overseen by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Morrissette, the agency spokesman, told us that, “for privacy reasons,” the agency wouldn’t comment further than to confirm that the tweet was spreading misinformation.

CBC七月時曾報導“一個和中國有關係的研究員”被押解出温尼伯國家微生物實驗室。此實驗室隸屬於加拿大公衛局。該局發言人莫里塞特告訴我們:「因隱私原因」，該局除了證實該推特文在散播錯誤訊息外，不願多作評論。

According to the CBC story, Dr. Xiangguo Qiu was escorted from the lab amid an investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police into a possible “policy breach.”

根據CBC(七月的那篇)報導，邱香果博士在加拿大皇家騎警隊針對一個可能違反政策的案子調查期間，被從實驗室押解出來。

The RCMP and the health agency have said repeatedly that there is no threat to public safety.

皇家騎警隊和公衛局都已一再重申並不存在對公共安全的威脅。

That story never mentioned Wuhan or the shipment of “pathogens.”

該報導從未提到武漢或運送病原體等字眼。

A later CBC story, though, cited government travel documents that show Qiu was invited to the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. That story, published in October, also says that she visited the “Chinese Academy of Science, Tsinghua University, the Chinese Medical Academy of Science and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology.” And that she “spoke at several conferences, including some organized by the World Health Organization, the Chinese Society of Virology and International Symposium on Emerging Viral Disease.” It also notes that collaboration among scientists is common.

然而後來一個CBC的報導引用了政府旅遊文件，其中顯示邱香果有受邀前往中國科學院武漢國家生物安全實驗室。在十月刊出的那篇報導也指出，邱參訪了「中國科學院、清華大學、中國醫學科學院及北京生物科技研究院」，還有她「在數個研討會中演講，包括一些由WHO、中國病毒學協會或國際新興病毒型疾病研究中心所主辦的研討會。」

That CBC story also says nothing of the coronavirus or the shipment of “pathogens.”

該篇CBC報導也完全沒有提到冠狀病毒和運送病原體的字眼。

A third CBC story in August reported that the Winnipeg lab had sent two viruses — Ebola and Henipah — to Beijing on March 31. It didn’t connect Qiu, specifically, to that shipment, but it referred to the investigation, saying, “while the Public Health Agency of Canada says all federal policies were followed, there are questions about whether that shipment is part of an ongoing RCMP investigation.”

在八月的第三個報導指出温尼伯實驗室在3月31日有寄送伊波拉和亨尼巴兩種病毒給北京。要特別指出的是，此報導並沒有將邱香果跟該運送聯結在一起，但它有提到(皇家騎警隊的)調查:「公衛局說此舉遵守所有聯邦政策，但對於此運送是否為皇家騎警隊進行中的調查的一部分，仍是個問號」。

But Cpl. Caroline Duval, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told us by email, “There is no connection between the outbreak in China and any RCMP investigation.”

但皇家騎警隊卡羅琳·杜瓦爾下士告訴我們：「中國疫情的爆發和任何皇家騎警隊的調查都沒有關係。」

So, it appears that the tweet was based on some mix — and misrepresentation — of those news reports from 2019.

所以，那篇推特文似乎是根據2019的那幾篇(CBC)報導混為一談、張冠李戴的內容。

But, the fact is, Qiu wasn’t “removed” from the Canadian lab “for sending pathogens to the Wuhan facility,” as the tweet says.

然而，(確定的)事實是，邱香果並沒有如推特文所說，"因為寄病原體到武漢實驗室"而被加拿大實驗室"開除"。

Editor’s note: FactCheck.org is one of several organizations working with Facebook to debunk misinformation shared on social media. Our previous stories can be found here.

小編記：FactCheck.org是和臉書共同合作打擊社群媒體假訊息的數個機構之一。你們可在這個網站找到我們之前的(闢謠)報導。

(都是臉書打假合作機構，我們台灣的在幹嘛！？😑)

Sources 資訊來源

Morrissette, Eric. Spokesman, Public Health Agency of Canada. Email interview. 27 Jan 2020.

Duval, Caroline. Spokeswoman, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Email interview. 28 Jan 2020.

Pauls, Karen. “Chinese researcher escorted from infectious disease lab amid RCMP investigation.” CBC. 14 Jul 2019.

Pauls, Karen. “Canadian lab’s shipment of Ebola, Henipah viruses to China raises questions.” CBC. 2 Aug 2019.

Pauls, Karen. “Canadian government scientist under investigation trained staff at Level 4 lab in China.” CBC. 3 Oct 2019.

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