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Yes, like Hancock, Drosten, Mandetta, and maybe Fauci, Canada's top health minister also appears to be in China's pocket. And no, not the mysterious Theresa Tam—no need to look that far down.
Meet Propaganda Patty Hajdu. https://twitter.com/chenweihua/status/1245987548717035520
Meet Propaganda Patty Hajdu. https://twitter.com/chenweihua/status/1245987548717035520
Hajdu's love affair with China appears to go back some time. Here she is in 2014 admiring the Beijing sunset. https://twitter.com/PattyHajdu/status/425431767290376192?s=20
Hajdu first earned the praise of Chinese foreign spokesperson Hua Chunying in early February for refusing to ban travel from China, in contrast to the US: "Canada believes the ban of entry has no basis, which is a sharp contrast for the U.S. behaviours" https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/china-praises-canada-slams-u-s-over-coronavirus-response-1.4795270
In April, Hajdu defended China: “no indication the data that came out of China in terms of their death rate and infection rate was falsified” When a reporter pointed out contrary US intel, Hajdu scolded: "your question is feeding into conspiracy theories" https://www.richmond-news.com/questioning-who-and-china-virus-data-feeds-conspiracy-theories-health-minister-1.24111603
After that early April exchange, Hajdu was excoriated in Canada's press for "effectively trying to gaslight her own citizens about the conduct of a habitually oppressive and untruthful regime." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadians-have-been-gaslit-on-china/
But Hajdu ignored that coverage and quickly doubled down just one month later, praising China's "historic containment efforts." https://tnc.news/2020/04/30/hajdu-stands-by-praise-for-chinese-government-and-wanting-to-keep-borders-open/
Hajdu continued into September, again earning aplomb from Chinese media for defending China's data and praising China for having "alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) to the emergence of novel coronavirus very early and shared the genetic sequence" https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-16/Canada-s-health-minister-praises-China-s-handling-of-COVID-19--TPrDfplKJq/index.html
For her September praise, Hajdu even earned a special nod from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "We noticed relevant reports and applaud the Canadian health minister's objective and fair remarks."
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1816244.shtml
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1816244.shtml
As Spencer Fernando pointed out, "Propaganda Patty" "appears to be one of the only people on Earth who actually believes China’s official virus numbers." https://spencerfernando.com/2020/09/13/propaganda-patty-defends-communist-china-yet-again/
Apparently unrepentant, a few days ago Hajdu again slandered a journalist questioning data: "If… the leader of the opposition stop their members from sharing fake and dangerous news… saving lives of Canadians instead of spreading conspiracy theories” https://tnc.news/2020/11/26/hajdu-slanders-journalist-as-dangerous-and-fake-news/
As every China expert knows "when Chinese state media is selling your virtues, you took a very bad turn in life somewhere." The fact that several Chinese state media sources have praised Hajdu throughout 2020 tells us whose interests she's looking out for. https://twitter.com/BaldingsWorld/status/1303268937786781696?s=20
P.S.—like Hancock, Patty Hajdu has no apparent background in infectiology or epidemiology, her only public health experience being in substance abuse and injury prevention.
"How is this going to change the way that we relate to each other as humans?" https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/06/features/nothing-prepared-patty-hajdu
"How is this going to change the way that we relate to each other as humans?" https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/06/features/nothing-prepared-patty-hajdu
