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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
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
What Is Fluvoxamine? OCD Drug Could Be Used to Treat COVID
An anti-depressant medication used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may also be effective at treating some COVID cases, scientists say.
-- Newsweek, March 8