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>Some of the theories being peddled include the idea that the novel coronavirus was created in a lab as a bioweapon; billionaire Bill Gates is planning to use the global pandemic as a way to insert microchips into people; and that the effort to create a coronavirus vaccine is merely a ploy for pharmaceutical companies to generate a profit.
If this is what the Russian disinfo sites are reporting, (according to the State Dept), they're doing actual journalism. Probably why the folks at State got confused: they’ve not seen that sort of thing before.
By the way, what is the US State Department and who does it work for?