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 could be the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Verdict: None (too soon to determine)
Read the full story at: PolitiFact
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Posts claiming to offer proof that 90-year-old Margaret Keenan, the first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK, died in 2008.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Misting the White House between administrations won’t kill Covid-19 — and it could be harmful, experts say
[P]rominent expert organizations are clear: misting or fogging disinfectants is not a good way to fight Covid-19.
— Stat, December 16
