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The Infodemic: Will Rise in Air Pollution Spike COVID Deaths in Thailand?

A Thai traditional giant statue wears a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand Dec. 15, 2020.
A Thai traditional giant statue wears a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand Dec. 15, 2020.

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

Daily Debunk

Claim: A rise in tiny particle air pollutants, known as PM 2.5, will significantly increase the mortality rate of Covid-19 in Thailand.

Verdict: Misleading

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Claim that an Australian COVID-19 vaccine trial gave trial participants HIV.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

COVID vaccine race leaders likely won’t be only ones to reap huge payday
Therapeutics and law expert lays out the economics of this drug development.
-- The Harvard Gazette, December 17

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