Whilst the rest of the world is trying to fight the Corvid-19 pandemic, some are still trying to make political capital of the disaster. For example, the Guardian focuses on the supposed coverup of the extent of the epidemic in Iran. Meanwhile Google bans an Iranian App to help people recognise the symptoms of the disease, and of course there is no mention that economic sanctions, sometimes extending to sanctions on importing health related products, will have a major role in the response to the virus in Iran, with increased lethality.