The Infodemic: Madonna Repeats False Claim that COVID-19 Vac
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:18 pmVOA - World News
FILE - Madonna poses in the press room at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York.
A refrigerated trailer acquired to store bodies, as morgues at hospitals and funeral homes reach their capacity with COVID-19 fatalities, is seen in Bexar County, Texas, July 15, 2020.
FILE - Madonna poses in the press room at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York.
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Daily Debunk
"Madonna leads celebrity vogue for Covid-19 conspiracy theories," The Guardian, July 31.
Social Media Disinfo
A refrigerated trailer acquired to store bodies, as morgues at hospitals and funeral homes reach their capacity with COVID-19 fatalities, is seen in Bexar County, Texas, July 15, 2020.
Circulating on social media: Claim that coronavirus deaths in the United States surpass combined battle fatalities in several US wars.
Verdict: True
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Factual Reads on Coronavirus
What's Happening in the Brain with COVID-19?
It’s unclear if SARS-CoV-2 is acting directly on the brain, but we can still investigate if the brain is being damaged when people are sick with COVID-19.
-- NeuWrite San Diego, July 30