Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
Claim: “So we have more cases than anybody, but we’re doing really well, and we also have a very low — relative to other countries — very low mortality rate. And there are reasons for that.”
-- President Trump, March 30, phone interview with "Fox & Friends.”
Verdict: Misleading
Read the full story at: Associated Press
Social Media Disinfo
Screenshot of Turning Point USA meme on mask hoarding
Circulating on social media: Memes falsely claiming that a health care workers’ union was “caught hiding 39 million N95 masks" and casting suspicion on the union’s motives.
Verdict: False
Read the full story: "Union’s Search for Face Masks Gets Twisted Online" -- FactCheck.org
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
The coronavirus is washing over the U.S. These factors will determine how bad it gets in each community
As the outbreak rolls across the country, residents are asking: Who will be hit next? And how fast and how hard?
-- Stat, April 1
Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
Our estimated overall infection fatality ratio for China was 0·66% (0·39–1·33), with an increasing profile with age.
-- The Lancet, April 30
