The Infodemic: Trump's Alternate Reality on COVID-19 Threat
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:13 pmVOA - Economy
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President Donald Trump points to a reporter for a question during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, July 21, 2020.
Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
"Trump’s alternate reality on COVID-19 threat," Associated Press, July 20.
Social Media Disinfo
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Claim: The COVID-19 pandemic was planned by the Rockefeller Foundation in "Operation Lockstep."
Verdict: False
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Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Contact Tracing, a Key Way to Slow COVID-19, Is Badly Underused by the U.S.
Despite tracing’s success in other countries, the U.S. government has failed to adequately fund or apply the tool
-- Scientific American, July 21