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Daily Debunk
Claim: Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is not effective in older adults.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: USA Today
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that four African leaders who died in recent months were killed for opposing COVID-19 vaccinations for their citizens.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
U.S. report concluded COVID-19 may have leaked from Wuhan lab - WSJ
A report on the origins of COVID-19 by a U.S. government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis of a virus leak from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is plausible and deserves further investigation, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing people familiar with the classified document.
-- Reuters, June 7
The Science Suggests a Wuhan Lab Leak
The Covid-19 pathogen has a genetic footprint that has never been observed in a natural coronavirus.
-- Wall Street Journal (via BizNews), June 6
