Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here. Daily DebunkClaim: Cat owners may have higher immunity against COVID-19.Verdict: No Proof YetRead the full story at: Lead Stories Social Media DisinfoThis undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office shows a phony coronavirus cure that a British man tried to smuggle into the United States.”Profiting from panic: the bizarre bogus cures and scams of the coronavirus era,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 24. Factual Reads on CoronavirusCoronavirus: Cracking the secrets of how bats survive viruses
Their codes of life contain genetic clues to their “exceptional immunity”, which protects them against deadly viruses.
— BBC, July 22How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers
Viewed in isolation or presented without context, coronavirus numbers don’t always give an accurate picture of how the pandemic is being handled.
— ProPublica, July 21
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