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Daily Debunk
Claim: "COVID-19 is a type of flu and is not a pandemic; PCR tests are up to 94% false positive; only 98 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Ireland." -- World Doctors Alliance video
Verdict: False
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Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: "Viral posts suggest that COVID-19 can’t be a serious disease if it hasn’t “wiped out the homeless.” But recent reports published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found high rates of homeless residents testing positive for the novel coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2."
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: FactCheck.org
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Confronting Misinformation
How to protect society from fear, lies and division.
-- Scientific American, November 1, 2020
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