The Infodemic: Parents Advised to Prepare Students for 'Sudd
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:59 am
Los Angeles Unified School District students stand in a hallway socially distance during a lunch break at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles, Aug. 26, 2020.
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Daily Debunk
Claim: The U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised parents to prepare for a “sudden sleepover” in the event of an emergency, which included COVID-19 outbreaks in schools.
Verdict: Mixture
Read the full story at: Snopes
Social Media Disinfo
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Circulating on social media: Posts questioning the possibility of creating a vaccine for COVID-19 in six months because there are no vaccines for influenza and RSV and no cures for cancer.
Verdict: Partly False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Coronavirus: How It Infects Us and How We Might Stop It
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-- Scientific American, September 9