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Daily Debunk
Claim: The COVID-19 pandemic is a fraud organized by the British government.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that Philippine regulators approved the antiparasitic drug ivermectin as a COVID-19 vaccine substitute.
Verdict: False
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
How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future
At this point, it’s fair to assume people the world over are asking themselves the same two questions: How will this end? And when?
--Stat, May 19
