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Daily Debunk
Claim: Smoking may protect against COVID-19.
Verdict: Unsupported
Read the full story: "Little to no evidence that smoking protects against COVID-19; may increase risk of complications instead," Health Feedback
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: The White House is selling coins commemorating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: FactCheck.org
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Wuhan shows the world that the end of lockdown is just the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis
Despite the lifting of most strict lockdown laws, many stores are still shut, restaurants are restricted to takeaway and even when citizens go outside they still wear protective equipment and try to avoid each other.
-- CNN, April 30
Comparing COVID-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is like Comparing Apples to Oranges
The former are actual numbers; the latter are inflated statistical estimates
-- Scientific American, April 28
