The Infodemic: Poster of Doctor Advising People to Avoid Vaccine Is Fake

This image from social media was made from a Swiss health care poster urging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It was altered to suggest health care professionals are avoiding the vaccine for safety concerns.

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

Daily Debunk

Claim: A public health campaign poster from a Swiss medical organization advises people not to take a Covid-19 vaccine.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Social Media Disinfo

A passenger checks his phone as he stands with his dog after arriving on a flight to Israel at Ben Gurion international airport amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions near Tel Aviv, in Lod, Israel March 8, 2021.

Circulating on social media: Claim that Israeli kids cannot take college entrance exams unless they have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

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-- Newsweek, March 8