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The Infodemic: Mask Mandates Don't Violate Nuremberg Code


A mask artisan works inside his shop during what would have been Venice's annual colorful carnival, but was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Venice, Italy, Feb. 7, 2021.
A mask artisan works inside his shop during what would have been Venice's annual colorful carnival, but was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Venice, Italy, Feb. 7, 2021.

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Daily Debunk

Claim: Mask mandates are a direct violation of the Nuremberg Code, a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation designed after the Second World War.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: A video claiming that coronavirus breathalyzer tests can provide a Covid-19 result within 10 seconds at a 99.9 percent accuracy rate.

Verdict: Misleading

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection
As millions of Americans struggle to recover from covid and millions more scramble for the protection offered by vaccines, U.S. health officials may be overlooking an unsettling subgroup of survivors: those who get infected more than once.
-- Kaiser Health News, February 8

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