The Infodemic: COVID-19 Isn't a 'Scam" to 'Destroy the Global Economy'

FILE - Anti-quarantine demonstrators wear signs reading "no to the new world order", protesting quarantine measures in Buenos Aires, May 30, 2020.

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

Daily Debunk

Claim: COVID-19 is a "scam" being used to "destroy the global economy" for a new world order.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: A Facebook post describing a person in Canada who was allegedly diagnosed with Covid-19 after canceling a swab appointment is circulating online amid claims that the number of infections is inflated.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Factual Reads on Coronavirus


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-- The Economist, November 7