Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.Daily DebunkClaim: “The West has waged a vaccine war over the COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine. It is a geopolitical confrontation that really has nothing to do with the vaccine. Clinical trials are ongoing and the results are positive.” — Russian defeners of the country’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccineVerdict: FalseRead the full story at: EUvsDiSiNFOSocial Media DisinfoCirculating on social media: Video filmed at UK hospital claims that COVID-19 is a hoax.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: Reuters Fact CheckFactual Reads on CoronavirusThe race to make COVID antibody therapies cheaper and more potent
Injections of antibodies might prevent mild COVID-19 from becoming severe, but the treatments are expensive and difficult to make.
— Nature, October 28
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