Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
Claim: SARS-CoV-2 binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells.
Verdict: Incorrect
Read the full story: "Claim that SARS-CoV-2 binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells unsupported and implausible," Health Feedback, April 16.
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: A list of bullet points supposedly shared by Johns Hopkins University summarizing best practice for avoiding the coronavirus.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: "False claim: Johns Hopkins University shared bullet-point coronavirus tips" -- Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Coronavirus pandemic threatens to take crushing toll on rural areas, data show
Experts say the pandemic could accentuate the urban-rural divide in health measures, just as it has shined a light on other existing health disparities, killing disproportionate numbers of Black Americans, for example.
-- Stat, April 16
