UK: Pharmaceutical site smears Israel on Gaza COVID-19 infections

Via The Algemeiner (Adam Levick):

The London-based Pharmafile.com describes itself as “a leading portal for the pharmaceutical industry, providing industry professionals with pharma news, pharma events, and pharma service company listings.” But it also occasionally veers into politics — at least when political decisions are seen as impacting public health or medical policy, particularly of late with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A recent piece on Gaza shows that they are not above sacrificing facts, history, and empirical evidence to advance a desired narrative:

Israeli blockade has made COVID-19 a “death sentence” in Gaza https://t.co/PPeNbPPJJF
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— Pharmafocus (@Pharmafocus) April 6, 2020

The headline alone is astonishing, echoing the narrative of radical anti-Israel groups like IfNotNow in suggesting that, though there has only been one reported COVID-19 death in Gaza, blame for any such fatalities that may occur as a result of the virus should “lay squarely with the Israeli government.”

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