The Infodemic: Fact Checking Claim About Cornonavirus and Ki
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 1:21 pm
FILE - A family wearing face mask to protect of the coronavirus go for a walk, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, April 27, 2020.
Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
Claim: “They’ve come out of this at a level that’s really inconceivable. By the way, the regular flu, other flus, other things, SARS or H1N1, any of them, if you look at the young people they were affected like everybody else, but for whatever reason with respect to COVID, the numbers are very, very low.” -- President Donald Trump, June 15.
Verdict: Misleading
Read the full story: Associated Press, "AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false security on kids and COVID-19"
Social Media Disinfo
Melinda Gates
Claim: Melinda Gates said black people deserve priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Verdict: Misleading
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Why COVID-19 Makes People Lose Their Sense of Smell
We’re beginning to understand the mechanism behind this relatively common symptom.
-- Scientific American, June 13