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The Infodemic: Scientists Didn't Discuss Virus That Causes COVID-19 in 2008 Study


FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S..
FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S..

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Claim: Scientists discussed SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, in a 2008 study.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Posts linking to a website that invites Nigerians to apply for financial help from a Covid-19 survival fund provided by the government of Africa’s most populous country.

Verdict: Fake

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

COVID vaccines and safety: what the research says
It is clear that coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective, but as more are rolled out, researchers are learning about the extent and nature of side effects.
-- Nature, February 16

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