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Daily Debunk
Claim: Time magazine warned in 2017 that we are not ready for the next pandemic.
Verdict: True
Read the full story: "Did Time Magazine Warn About Global Warming, Pandemic Years Ago?" Snopes, April 9
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Posts claiming that 16th century French astrologer Nostradamus predicted the new coronavirus.
Verdict: False
Read the full story: "False claim: Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus outbreak" -- Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
The Viral ‘Study’ About Runners Spreading Coronavirus Is Not Actually a Study
Belgian researchers chose to bypass all standard science publishing protocols to publish research that has been overhyped and isn't well understood.
-- Vice, April 9
