The Infodemic: Fabric Shows Promise as Virus Stopper

June 02, 2020 4:07 PM

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.

Daily Debunk

Claim: Early research shows fabric could neutralize coronaviruses.

Verdict: True

Read the full story at: USA Today

Circulating on social media: Claim that COVID-19 testing is a secret blood harvesting operation.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

China withheld data on coronavirus from WHO, recordings reveal
Complaints by officials at odds with body’s public praise of Beijing’s response to outbreak
-- Guardian, June 2

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