[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by bots

that was primarily propaganda spread by politicians. It can be a true statement for some viruses that don't mutate quickly and where the majority of the population don't have the virus, both conditions that were not true for covid

Politicians can incidentally spread (pun not intended) bad information by just being generally dumb and not understanding how these things actually work.

I personally never encountered a politician saying it stopped the spread (but I'm sure someone said it lol). I don't tend to put a lot of stock into any single politician, especially on anything medical, so I do my own research. A lot of people assumed it though, but no one really corrected them on that impression...