The Infodemic: Can the Virus Infect People Through Eyes and
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:23 am
Tilliesa Banks, right, an emergency services nurse at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, helps a colleague put on a medical face shield prior to their shift in a triage tent outside the Harborview emergency department.
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Daily Debunk
Can I get COVID-19 through my eyes or ears?
Read the full story at: Associated Press
Social Media Disinfo
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Circulating on social media: Claim that a 1981 novel written by Dean Koontz predicted the coronavirus outbreak.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: USA Today
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Does drug touted by Trump work on COVID-19? After data debacle, we still don't know
Hydroxychloroquine was shown in laboratory experiments earlier this year to be able to block the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, but this effect has not been replicated in rigorous trials in people.
-- Reuters, June 4