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The Infodemic: WHO Got Risk Sweden Assessment Right

Passengers prepare to check in at Arlanda airport for the first chartered TUI flight to Rhodes in Greece since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Stockholm
Passengers prepare to check in at Arlanda airport for the first chartered TUI flight to Rhodes in Greece since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Stockholm

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

Daily Debunk

Claim: The World Health Organization has wrongly assessed the current COVID-19 risk in Sweden.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Logically​

Social Media Disinfo

Screenshot

Claim: Nasal swabs being used to test for COVID-19 draw samples from the blood-brain barrier, which if compromised can lead to brain inflammation and death.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters


Factual Reads on Coronavirus

COVID Cuts A Lethal Path Through San Quentin’s Death Row
In recent days, five death row inmates have died after contracting COVID-19.
-- Kaiser Health News, July 8

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