The Infodemic: COVID-19 Tests Don’t Gather People’s DNA

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.Daily DebunkClaim: COVID-19 tests are compiling people’s DNA.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: USA TodaySocial Media DisinfoFILE PHOTO: A member of the staff holds the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Abercorn House Care Home in Hamilton, Scotland, Britain December 14, 2020.Circulating on social media: Video that includes false information about COVID-19 vaccines, such as a suggestion that that one hundred volunteers died following a clinical trial.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: Reuters Factual Reads on CoronavirusThe coronavirus at 1: A year into the pandemic, what scientists know about how it spreads, infects, and sickens
The coronavirus behind the pandemic presents some vexing dualities.
— Stat, December 14

         

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