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"Our Covid 'research'" editorial comic

Title (Dublin Core)

"Our Covid 'research'" editorial comic

Description (Dublin Core)

A one panel comic in which several scientists in lab coats stand around a lab bench with the usual equipment. One, who is facing the rest of the group is pointing to a man sitting at a computer desk typing away while wearing a hoodie, sunglasses, and large earphones, the usual monikers of a hacker. The scientist pointing is saying "Yuri here will head up our Covid 'research' while the rest of you can continue your work on athletic doping and poisoning enemies of the state."
This is a reference to the news, this week, from Canada, the US, and UK, that all have discovered a prominent hacker group associated with the Russian government attempting to hack their covid-19 and covid-19 vaccine research at various institutions. The response to the Russian government was that they are conducting their own research and are "close" to developing a vaccine of their own. This alleged imminent breakthrough is something of which many in Canada and other countries, including the creator of this comic (it would seem) are skeptical.
comic, humour, vaccine, research, espionage, technology, innovation, international relations, government, government federal, academia

Date (Dublin Core)

July 16, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Clement

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser

Type (Dublin Core)

comic

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

The National Post

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Humor
English Government Federal
English Healthcare
English Education--Universities

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

comic
vaccine
research
espionage
international

Collection (Dublin Core)

Humor
English Vaccine Stories

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/17/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/08/2020
1/27/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

07/16/2020

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This item was submitted on July 17, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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