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Daily Debunk
Claim: “It’s easy to avoid COVID-19 infection: squeeze 2-3 lemons. Rinse your throat using a portion of the lemon juice… once in 2-3 days.”
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Myth Detector
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: In a Facebook live video, Lynn Agno, a U.K.-based vlogger, read from a viral "leaked email" supposedly from the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC), detailing Canada’s next steps to address the pandemic (which included a “debt relief” program for people who agreed to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and a “disease” it called COVID-21). The email is fabricated.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: VERA Files
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infection Trajectories: Which countries are seeing the most new cases?
— Information is Beautiful, November 23
