Smoke Screens: An Initial Analysis of the Coronavirus Lawsuits in The United States against China and The World Health Organization

In this short essay we provide a preliminary analysis of the lawsuits filed by Missouri against China, and New York against the World Health Organization over the COVID-19 pandemic. We also situate the lawsuits against the expanding coronavirus-related misinformation “epidemic.”

Keywords: coronavirus, COVID-19, China, World Health Organization, misinformation, disinformation, health law, health policy, Missouri, New York, Foreign Sovereignty Immunities Act

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Santos Rutschman, Ana and Gatter, Robert A., Smoke Screens: An Initial Analysis of the Coronavirus Lawsuits in The United States against China and The World Health Organization (April 22, 2020). Protego Press 2020, Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-04, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3582890 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3582890