Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
Claim: A 2-year-old baby girl in the U.S. state of Virginia died after being given the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Verdict: Unproven
Read the full story at: Snopes
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: A purported news report stating a new nationwide curfew will be announced in Thailand on April 23, 2021.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
I’m fully vaccinated against COVID-19. How long will the protection last?
The answer is as simple as it is unsatisfying: No one knows.
-- Los Angeles Times, April 21
Disinfecting surfaces to prevent Covid often all for show, CDC advises
The risk of surface transmission of Covid-19 is low, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. Far more important is airborne transmission -- and people who obsessively disinfect surfaces may be doing more harm than good.
-- CNN, April 20
