Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
Claim: Text message warning recipient that they should self-isolate and get tested for COVID-19 because someone they know has been exposed to the virus.
Verdict: False
Read the full story: "Don't Fall For This COVID-19 Text Scam," kicks1055.com.
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that Chinese nationals have been banned from supermarkets in Australia.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: "Myth spreads online that Australian supermarkets have banned Chinese nationals during COVID-19 pandemic" -- Agence France-Presse
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
A New Doctor Faces the Coronavirus in Queens
A front-line physician at Elmhurst Hospital sees how closely socioeconomic status is tied to the disease, and tries to help patients who are dying without their families.
-- The New Yorker, April 20
Vaccine Hesitancy and Pro-Kremlin Opportunism
Much has changed since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since late January 2020, the anti-vax trend in pro-Kremlin media is no longer limited to social media.
-- EUvsDisinfo, April 16
