but being pushed by american conspiracy on youtube 59-year-old named george webb.is the theory of course is totally nonsense. yet it doesn't break youtube's rules. we have a statement. they told us that it was focused on promote tg accurate information on the coronavirus and would remove content. but, john, clearly youtube is not doing enough and has real consequences for maatje benassi. you remember the conspiracy theory that was tied to the time child sex ring being run out of a d.c. pizza place. a few weeks later someone showed up armed. they are fearful of that. >> the rules are meaningless if they don't take down content that is wrong. appreciate the reporting. it is fascinating and proof that facts should matter. thank you very much. up next high rate of coronavirus deaths in u.s. nursing homes. more than 10,000 deaths linked to them. get four lines of unlimited for just $35 dollars a line and taxes and fees included. so what you see is what you pay every month. check it out at out t-mobile.com/4for35 that's ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram su

. >> she and her center are in the middle of an elaborate conspiracy theory promoted by george webb.> this goes back to our story here, which is patient zero, which is mata benate. >> reporter: he's a conspiracy theorist who has nearly 100,000 subscribers on youtube. he falsely claims without any evidence that mata brought the virus to china during a cycling competition. mata is in the u.s. army reserve, and last october she competed in the military world games in wuhan, china. six months later, commons under webb's youtube video has become his target. >> we need to kill these key people? these people will get a bullet to the skull. >> reporter: the conspiracy theory has even reached china. webb has been featured by the china communist party which has been deflecting blame of the coronavirus. >> there is not anything they can actually do. but for people like us, it's expensive to mitigate something like this. >> reporter: can you speak to the specific evidence that you have that she is, as you described, coronavirus patient zero? >> yeah. well, i have to -- there's a lot of circumsta

dealing with that situation is way easier than trying to deal with this george webb situation. >> it'sand. it needs to stop. >> you can see how this clearly has upended their lives while the allegations about them may be widely untrue, the threats they face and the fear they feel are real. they've tried to keep track of the false videos but it's been overwhelming. youtube, which is owned by google, needs to do more to stop the likes of this. >> donie, i think you said what conspiracy theorists say. they hear something and draw lines on a white board because they see connections in places. they have one source who may have heard something somewhere. i mean, it's just all nonsense. yet, people fall for it. >> yeah. you can see they're real-life victims here. of course, this is all in a stew of geopolitical tensions between china and the u.s. china, of course, trying to blame in some way the u.s. government for the start of the coronavirus outbreak so then which of course the u.s. government says is ridiculous. >> we hope her family gets the protection and relief they need. >>> here's som

dealing with that situation, it is way easier than trying to deal with this george webb situation. >> it is getting out of hand and needs to stop. >> you can see this clearly up ended their lives but the allegations about the benassis may be untrue, they tried to keep track of all of the false videos about them but it became overwhelming. i should mention in response to why the conspiracy theory pushed by china that the united states is in some way responsible for the outbreak of the coronavirus, the government here says it is catagorically false. >> thank you so much for that report. the u.s. is nearing 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases and scientists predict another increase in projected deaths. stay with us for the latest. si. we've been there in person, during trying times. today, being on your side means staying home... "nationwide office of customer advocacy." ...but we can still support you and the heroes who are with you. we're giving refunds on auto insurance premiums, assisting customers with financial hardships, and our foundation is contributing millions of dollars to