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The Infodemic: Trump Assertion About COVID-19 Lethality is Misleading


U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, in Washington, Oct. 5, 2020.
U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, in Washington, Oct. 5, 2020.

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

Daily Debunk

Claim: COVID-19 is “in most populations far less lethal” than the flu.

Verdict: Misleading

Read the full story at: FactCheck.org

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Claim that three children have died from wearing face masks in Germany.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

Covid: What would happen if Trump became too ill to be president?
He's now returned to the White House and is determined to continue campaigning, but questions remain over his health and what would happen if he becomes too unwell to carry out his duties as president.
-- BBC, October 6.

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