

Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.
伦敦—10月6日,美国总统特朗普发推特说,普通流感有时候也能一年杀死“100,000多”美国人。“我们会关闭我们的国家吗?”他问道,“不会,我们已经学会了与它共存,正如我们正在学习与Covid共存,对大部分人来说,Covid的致命性要低得多!”
特朗普的第一个说法是真的:1918年和1957年,流感杀死了100,000多美国人。“我们已经学会了与它共存”,这是个观点问题,而他所谓的COVID-19对大部分人来说“致命性要低得多”则是模棱两可的(什么人口,在哪里?)
这则推特似乎没什么特别之处:众所周知,特朗普就喜欢大放厥词。但是,这条推特发出后不久,推特公司就将它隐藏,加上了书面警告,说它违反了“传播与COVID-19的误导性的、可能有害的信息”的规则。Facebook更进一步,将同样的帖子全站删除。
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