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The Infodemic: More People in Wisconsin Claiming Unemployment than Before Pandemic

FILE - People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, April 6, 2020.
FILE - People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, April 6, 2020.

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

Daily Debunk

Claim: Well over 100,000 people in the state of Wisconsin are now claiming state or federal unemployment benefits, compared to just over 40,000 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Verdict: True

Read the full story at: PolitiFact

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Video claiming the COVID-19 pandemic is staged.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

New Coronavirus Variants Are Urgently Being Tracked Around the World
Genomic sequencing efforts are limited in developing countries, but scientists are mobilizing to help.
-- Scientific American, June 21

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    Polygraph is a fact-checking feature of the Voice of America (VOA)​. Polygraph serves as a resource for verifying the increasing volume of disinformation and misinformation being distributed and shared globally.

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