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The Infodemic: Coronavirus Isn't Transmitted by Skin Contact With Vaccinated People


FILE - Surfers bump elbows as they protest against the nationwide lockdown regulations that allow exercise but not water activities, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Muizenberg beach in Cape Town, South Africa, May 5, 2020.
FILE - Surfers bump elbows as they protest against the nationwide lockdown regulations that allow exercise but not water activities, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Muizenberg beach in Cape Town, South Africa, May 5, 2020.

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

Daily Debunk

Claim: Pfizer trial documents say vaccinated people can transmit vaccine to others through skin contact, with "devastating" results.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: USA Today

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: A claim has circulated online in India that gargling a mixture of hot water and potassium alum "can save" people from COVID-19.

Verdict: Misleading

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

Why is the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccine campaign faltering?
India’s COVID-19 surge has become a tsunami, with hospitals overwhelmed and funeral pyres burning throughout the nights. Yet the country’s vaccination campaign is languishing, with less than 3% of Indians fully vaccinated as of 16 May.
-- Science, May 19

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