Memang, situs-situs berita luar negeri memuat berita itu, namun hanya bersumber pada satu unggahan Facebook hoax milik dokter Thailand (yang sudah dihapus).
Silakan mencari pada swns.com "black cat corona Vietnam" dan kemungkinan besar tidak akan menemukan artikel tersebut karena swns.com adalah agensi berita, bukan situs berita.
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2. Sanggahan dalam reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/g85yt6/black_cats_are_boiled_into_paste_and_sold_as/
This fake news again. Mod where are u? This has been reposted 3 times, the exact same article to the same vaguely legit sounding sites with similar names to the actual news paper, all "interviewing" the same organization, which did not actually show any proof beyond the 2 fake pictures. All pf them showing some people cooking in a pot and an unknown bottle, with not 1 cat in the article, and people would fucking buy the story without fact checking, just because when an Asian ethnic minority is cooking something, it's most definitely cat and dog no question asked. The people are the TÃ y ethnic group in Vietnam and they're cooking a plant for their joint remedy and the bottle is a bottle of honey, btw. Google search the image. The TÃ y people who made the remedy sell it online: https://www.facebook.com/pg/caogamnguoitaytrigut/photos/?ref=page_internal
Mohon buka link di atas. Jelas bahwa foto-foto itu menunjukkan suku Tay memasak tanaman obat dan menjual madu dalam botol.
Moderator reddit sudah menghapus berita kucing tadi.
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