{"id":101429,"date":"2021-01-06T05:39:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T23:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/the-infodemic-covid-19-tests-werent-patented-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T17:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T11:34:29","slug":"the-infodemic-covid-19-tests-werent-patented-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/the-infodemic-covid-19-tests-werent-patented-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"The Infodemic: COVID-19 Tests Weren&#8217;t Patented Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here\u200b.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Daily Debunk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Claim: <\/strong>A testing method for COVID-19 was patented in 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict:<\/strong> False<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story at:<\/strong> Reuters<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Social Media Disinfo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img alt=\"opIndia\" src=\"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/089D4FDF-559C-465A-8A02-735BA551286B_w650_r0_s-1.jpg\"\/><\/p><figcaption>opIndia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Circulating on social media: <\/strong>Posts claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine is changing people into man-eaters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict:<\/strong> False<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story at: <\/strong>opIndia<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Factual Reads on Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 Scams: How They Work and How to Avoid Them<\/strong><br \/>While some people are focused on COVID-19 and ways to get through the pandemic, scammers are looking for new ways to profit.<br \/>&#8212; Trend Micro Check, December 30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here\u200b. Daily Debunk Claim: A testing method for COVID-19 was patented in 2015 and 2017. Verdict: False Read the full story at: Reuters Social Media Disinfo opIndia Circulating on social media: Posts claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}