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The Infodemic: Do 90% of COVID-19 Patients Treated With Hydroxychloroquine Recover?

FILE - This Monday, April 6, 2020, file photo shows an arrangement of Hydroxychloroquine pills in Las Vegas. At least 13 states have obtained a total of more than 10 million doses of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19 patients despite warnings from…
FILE - This Monday, April 6, 2020, file photo shows an arrangement of Hydroxychloroquine pills in Las Vegas. At least 13 states have obtained a total of more than 10 million doses of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19 patients despite warnings from…

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: 90 Percent of COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine recover successfully.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: The Dispatch Fact Check​

Social Media Disinfo

Screenshot of Twitter post with misidentified video

Circulating on social media: Video purportedly showing protests in Germany against “NWO,” Bill Gates, “sterilization and depopulation campaign.”

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

Racial Status And The Pandemic: A Combustible Mixture
Officials are finding it’s still difficult to talk about race and COVID-19.
-- Kaiser Health News, May 13

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    Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website produced by Voice of America (VOA). ​The website serves as a resource for verifying the increasing volume of disinformation and misinformation being distributed and shared globally. 

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