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Snopes→ Man Leaves $3K Tip for a Beer As Restaurant Closes for Virus
A customer left a $3,000 tip for a single beer as a restaurant voluntarily closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Snopes→ Spokesman: Trump’s Eldest Son Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Trump Jr. is the latest member of the president's family to become infected with the virus.
Liste→ Scientists warn against over-the-counter coronavirus ‘cures’
As vaccine trials show promising results that could eventually suppress coronavirus infections across the globe, social media posts are claiming that over-the-counter products such as vitamins and tonic water are the key to tackling the pandemic. The t
Snopes→ India Virus Cases Pass 9M; Capital’s Hospitals Under Strain
“The next four weeks are crucial. The road is very bumpy,” said Dr. S.K. Sarin, director of New Delhi’s Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences.
Liste→ Hoax figures circulate in online posts about South Korea’s reported coronavirus cases
Multiple posts on Facebook and in Naver Blogs claim that South Korea has reported more than 600 domestic cases of the novel coronavirus on November 18, 2020. The claim is false; official figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Ag
Snopes→ Rachel Maddow Returns to Air, Describes Partner’s Virus Bout
Rachel Maddow made an emotional return to her MSNBC show, saying her partner’s bout with COVID-19 was so serious they thought it might kill her.
Snopes→ California Imposes Overnight Curfew to Curb Coronavirus
The order for an overnight curfew was announced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and will last one month until Dec. 21, but could be extended if coronavirus infection rates and disease trends don’t improve.
Snopes→ Greece’s Archbishop Hospitalized with Coronavirus Symptoms
Archbishop Ieronymos, the 82-year-old archbishop and head of the Orthodox Church of Greece, is in augmented care.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The fact-based approach to keeping the coronavirus out of your Thanksgiving
With small indoor gatherings driving a record surge of new coronavirus cases across the U.S., public health officials are worried about the holiday season accelerating a worsening situation. Thanksgiving comes at a difficult time in the pandemic. Hos
Snopes→ FDA Allows 1st Rapid Virus Test That Gives Results at Home
Health experts have called for options to allow people to test themselves at home, reducing turnaround times and the potential spread of the virus to others, including health care workers.
Snopes→ Sen. Chuck Grassley, 87, Quarantining After Virus Exposure
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, did not say how he was exposed.
Top Fact Checks→ Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong.
The number of cases has been continuously increasing in Sweden since Sept. The chief epidemiologist said the country is experiencing a second wave.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Although fetal cell lines are used to grow viruses for some COVID-19 vaccines, the cells are not part of the vaccines
REVIEW A Facebook video published on 15 November 2020 claims that “aborted fetal tissue” is present in the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and that the vaccine can change a person’s DNA. Shared by the anti-vacci
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance will get specialized support from the Paris Peace Forum
This is an addition to a story that ran earlier, updated after the project won an international award. You can read the original version here. The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance was one of 10 projects selected to be supported for one year by the Scale-Up Co
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance gets a global showcase at the Paris Peace Forum
The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance, a collection of 99 fact-checking organizations from over 70 countries that produced over 9,000 COVID-19 fact-checks in 43 different languages, received global recognition from the virtually assembled audience at the thi
Snopes→ Trump, Stewing over Election Loss, Silent as Virus Surges
President Donald Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a moment when the disease is tearing across the United States at an alarming pace.
Snopes→ Virus Surge Breaking Infection Records Across the US
Cases per day are on the rise in 49 states, and deaths per day are climbing in 39.
Full Fact - All content→ The Covid-19 virus has been isolated many times
We’ve been asked to look into claims that the Covid-19 virus hasn’t been isolated, doesn’t fulfil “Koch’s postulates”, and that this means PCR diagnosis tests aren’t working. Isolating a virus Firstly it is inc
Full Fact - All content→ Group swab Covid-19 tests do not return positives to people without the virus
“Well in 30yrs of being a nurse, never seen anything quite like this. Pooling of tests. 5 different people's swabs sent off in one vial. So one positive will contaminate the other 4, giving 5 positives. What the hell is going on? Total madness #
Snopes→ MSNBC’S Rachel Maddow Quarantines After Coronavirus Exposure
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said she was quarantining after being in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Snopes→ Counties with Worst Virus Surges Overwhelmingly Voted Trump
In places where the COVID-19 coronavirus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.
Full Fact - All content→ Fact-checking claims on coronavirus transmission in schools
“NEU analysis of ONS figures shows that virus levels are now 9 times higher amongst primary pupils and an astonishing 50 times higher amongst secondary pupils.” National Educational Union, 2 November 2020. “Just 4% of infections out
Liste→ Viral meme misrepresents Stanley Johnson’s recently republished book ‘The Marburg Virus’
A meme shared thousands of times claims a recently republished novel by UK PM Boris Johson’s father, Stanley Johnson, is about “a government releasing a deadly virus into the population as cover for population control through a forced vaccine”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Virus NOT Man-made And Vaccine NOT Forced On Unwilling
Is the U.S. pushing an under-tested, dangerous coronavirus vaccine on unwilling people as part of a depopulation agenda? And was the virus man-made and weaponized in U.S. and Chinese labs? No, these claims are untrue. There are no plans t
Snopes→ Australia Has No Local Coronavirus Case for First Time in Months
In Melbourne, the capital of Victoria state, which had the highest number of cases in the country, residents were enjoying the first weekend of cafes, restaurants and pubs reopening to walk-in customers.
Snopes→ England to Enter New Lockdown; UK Virus Cases Pass 1 Million
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks.
Snopes→ ‘So Frustrating’: Grave Missteps Seen in US Virus Response
As a powerful new wave of infections sweeps the U.S. just ahead of Election Day, the nation's handling of the nearly 8-month-old crisis has been marked by what health experts see as grave missteps, wasted time and squandered opportunities by leaders at
Full Fact - All content→ Stanley Johnson did write a novel called ‘The Virus’
A post on Instagram claims that Stanley Johnson, father of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wrote a novel called ‘The Virus’ in 1982 and includes a synopsis of the book. This is correct. The book was initially published in 1982, and was republ
Snopes→ Coronavirus Deaths Are Rising Again in the US, As Feared
Cases are climbing in practically every state, despite assurances from President Donald Trump that “we're rounding the turn, we're doing great.
Liste→ Hoax circulates online that Sri Lankan opposition party offered quarantine facilities in coronavirus hotspots
Multiple Facebook posts shared repeatedly in October 2020 claim that a Sri Lankan opposition party offered quarantine facilities and financial support for those infected with the novel coronavirus. The claim is false; on October 20, 2020, a spokesp
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The group Doctors for Truth spreads misinformation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus, and the reliability of diagnostic tests
REVIEW A video showing a press conference from a group calling itself Doctors for Truth circulated on social media in mid-October 2020, receiving hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. In this conference, several individuals made claims about th
FactCheck.org→ Doctors in Video Falsely Equate COVID-19 With a ‘Normal Flu Virus’
Quick Take A video posted by a European-based group called World Doctors Alliance falsely claims the novel coronavirus is “a normal flu virus” and there is no COVID-19 pandemic. Actually, COVID-19 is deadlier than the seasonal flu, and some Europea
FactCheck.org→ Doctors in Video Falsely Equate COVID-19 With a ‘Normal Flu Virus’
Quick Take A video posted by a European-based group called World Doctors Alliance falsely claims the novel coronavirus is “a normal flu virus” and there is no COVID-19 pandemic. Actually, COVID-19 is deadlier than the seasonal flu, and some Europea
Liste→ Facebook posts promote false conspiracy that coronavirus testing patent was submitted in 2015
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim that a person named Richard A. Rothschild filed a patent for novel coronavirus tests in 2015. The claim is false; the image shows a supplemental application that was filed in 2020 following the sub
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online that suspected coronavirus patients fled bus after road accident in Sri Lanka
A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts and in an online article alongside a claim it shows suspected coronavirus patients fleeing a quarantine centre-bound bus after a road accident in Sri Lanka. The claim, however, is mislea
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ No evidence that coronavirus genetic sequences were fabricated, contrary to preprint by Li-Meng Yan and colleagues
REVIEW Uncertainty surrounding the origin of the novel coronavirus has provided fertile ground for breeding conspiracy theories, some of which Health Feedback previously found to be inaccurate and unsubstantiated (see here and here). The recent clai
Top Fact Checks→ The US was “expected to lose 2,200,000 people and maybe more than that” from the coronavirus.
The Trump administration quoted this figure from a March report which predicted the estimate "in the absence of any control measures"
Top Fact Checks→ 85% of the people that wear masks catch Coronavirus.
President Trump misleadingly quoted the CDC report. The report does not state that 85% of the mask wearers contract COVID-19.
Liste→ New hoax shared in Sri Lanka suggests WHO approved water, salt and vinegar remedy for coronavirus
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Instagram and Facebook in Sri Lanka claim that drinking lots of water or gargling warm water mixed with salt and vinegar can prevent novel coronavirus infection. The claim was shared alongside an image that shows a W