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Daily Debunk
Claim: "False positive" COVID-19 test results might be seriously skewing the coronavirus figures.
Verdict: Misleading
Read the full story at: BBC
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that mortgage applications are being declined for people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Verdict: Misleading
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Trump Still Contagious? Experts Say It’s Impossible to Know
President Donald Trump said he doesn't think he's contagious anymore, but medical experts say that's impossible to know a week after his diagnosis with COVID-19.
-- Snopes, October 8
Young Doctor Succumbs to COVID, One of the South’s Many Health Workers Lost
The median age of death from COVID for medical staff is 57, compared with 78 in the general population. Around one-third of the deaths involved concerns over inadequate PPE.
-- Kaiser Health News, October 8
