Lord Sugar sparks backlash after sharing ‘dangerous' coronavirus theory

express.co.uk:

Lord Sugar, 73, has been criticised for sharing “fake news” about the coronavirus in view of his 5.3 million Twitter followers.The Apprentice star posted a conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19 from a Japanese professor named Dr Tasuku Honjo.The professor argued that the virus was created by humans in a laboratory.Alan shared Dr Honjo’s views yesterday without his own caption on the micro-blogging site.The post read: "Based on all my knowledge and research to date, I can say with 100 per cent confidence that corona is not natural.“It did not come from bats.

China made it."If what I say today turns out to be false now, or even after I die, the Government can withdraw my Nobel Prize.“But China is lying and the truth one day will be.