The Infodemic: Fact Checking Trump Axios Interview

PostWed Aug 05, 2020 2:03 pm

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Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.



Daily Debunk


"Fact-checking 22 claims from Donald Trump's Axios interview," PolitiFact, August 4.


Social Media Disinfo


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Circulating on social media: Claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci said in 2005 that hydroxychloroquine was both a cure and a vaccine for coronavirus.


Verdict: False


Read the full story at: Lead Stories



Factual Reads on Coronavirus


Coronavirus: WHO gears up for main mission into China to hunt for the origins of Covid-19
WHO and Chinese experts have drafted terms of reference for probe into the epidemiology of early infections.
-- South China Morning Post, August 4


Everything you need to know about the UK's new 90-minute coronavirus test
Two new coronavirus tests that can return results in just over an hour are set to be released in the UK, the government has announced.
-- Euronews, August 3


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