The Infodemic: Hong Kong Pro-establishment Legislator Posts Misleading Video About Virus Origin

People wearing masks to protect against the coronavirus, walk across a street in Hong Kong, Aug. 20, 2020.

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

Daily Debunk

"Misleading: Popular coronavirus origin video by Hong Kong legislator consists of unsubstantiated conspiracy claims," Medium, August 25.

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Claim that a vaccine cannot fight a virus because a virus must “run its course.”

Verdict: False

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Factual Reads on Coronavirus

Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?
It likely provides protection for both.
-- Associated Press, August 27